Table 6.
Interactive effects of diet and days on goats fed concentrate pellets, Lablab purpureus and Vigna unguiculata supplementing Chloris gayana.
| Treatments |
SE | P value | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | |||
| Days |
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| 15 | 30 | 45 | 15 | 30 | 45 | 15 | 30 | 45 | TD | ||
| Urea | 4.78bd | 3.24d | 6.71a | 4.94abcd | 5.66abc | 6.27ab | 4.567bcd | 3.88cd | 6.17ab | 0.6410 | 0.039 |
| Creatinine | 66.67ab | 54.25bcd | 50.25cd | 70.50a | 50.25cd | 48.67d | 72.67a | 64.17abc | 52.50bcd | 5.222 | 0.022 |
| TP | 63.50a | 50.50bc | 55.29abc | 56.33abc | 55.00abc | 60.58ab | 56.67abc | 46.50 | 57.17abc | 4.343 | 0.046 |
| Albumin | 15.17ab | 14.33ab | 13.92b | 13.83b | 13.83b | 14.92ab | 16.33a | 15.33ab | 15.00ab | 0.6994 | 0.043 |
| Globulins | 48.33a | 36.17bc | 41.38abc | 42.50abc | 41.17abc | 45.67ab | 40.33abc | 33.50c | 42.17abc | 3.896 | 0.041 |
| ALT | 19.17ab | 19.08ab | 21.50ab | 17.50ab | 14.67b | 15.17b | 21.83ab | 24.17a | 16.33ab | 3.0813 | 0.043 |
| ALP | 90.67ab | 118.25ab | 162.83ab | 50.00b | 88.25ab | 149.00ab | 45.00b | 66.00ab | 210.33a | 53.779 | 0.041 |
| GGT | 36.67 | 38.00 | 38.92 | 36.83 | 50.42 | 50.17 | 38.83 | 49.00 | 42.83 | 5.948 | 0.791 |
| Cholesterol | 2.35a | 1.49b | 0.97b | 2.95a | 1.14b | 1.35b | 2.41a | 1.43b | 0.88b | 0.223 | 0.0211 |
Means with different superscript letters within rows, differ significantly (P < 0.05).TP = total protein, ALT = alanine aminotransferase, ALP = alkaline phosphatase, GGT= gamma- glutamyl transferase. T1 = 71% Vigna hay, 19% Katambora hay, salt (0.5%), molasses (3%), maize (5%) and mineral vitamin premix (1.5%); T2= 90% lamb and ewe pellet plus 10% Katambora grass hay; T3 = 72% Lablab hay 19% Katambora hay, salt (0.5%), molasses (2%) maize (5%) and mineral vitamin premix (1.5%).