Table 7.
Interactive effects of Sex and days on goats fed concentrate pellets, Lablab purpureus and Vigna unguiculata supplementing Chloris gayana.
| Sex |
SE | P value | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F |
M |
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| Days |
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| 15 | 30 | 45 | 15 | 30 | 45 | SD | ||
| Urea | 4.68bc | 3.92c | 6.64a | 4.85bc | 4.60c | 6.12ab | 0.523 | 0.0530 |
| Creatinine | 62.89b | 57.78bc | 53.28bc | 77.00a | 54.67bc | 47.67c | 4.264 | 0.0539 |
| TP | 60.00 | 50.11 | 56.36 | 57.67 | 51.22 | 59.00 | 3.546 | 0.7740 |
| Albumin | 14.56abc | 15.22ab | 15.78a | 15.67a | 13.78bc | 13.44c | 0.571 | 0.0131 |
| Globulins | 45.44a | 34.89b | 40.58ab | 42.00ab | 39.00ab | 45.56a | 3.181 | 0.0357 |
| ALT | 16.67 | 19.61 | 17.33 | 22.33 | 19.00 | 18.00 | 2.516 | 0.4360 |
| ALP | 84.67b | 133.89b | 274.00a | 39.11b | 47.78b | 74.11b | 43.91 | 0.0204 |
| GTP | 42.67ab | 47.28a | 44.83ab | 32.22b | 44.33ab | 43.11ab | 4.857 | 0.6271 |
| Cholesterol | 2.48a | 1.30b | 1.18b | 2.67a | 1.41b | 0.96b | 0.182 | 0.0493 |
Means with different superscript letters within sex and days in the same row, differ significantly (P < 0.05). TP = total protein, ALT = alanine aminotransferase, ALP = alkaline phosphatase, GGT= gamma- glutamyl transferase.