Table 5.
Growth performances of Bonga lambs fed on Rhodes grass hay basal diet and supplemented with dried mulberry and Vernonia mixed leaves' meal substituting noug seed cake of the concentrate mix at different levels.
| Parameters | Treatments | SEM | SL | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T1 | T2 | T3 | T4 | T5 | |||
| IBW (kg) | 20.84 | 20.98 | 20.83 | 20.95 | 20.94 | 0.28 | ns |
| FBW (kg) | 28.74 | 28.36 | 28.34 | 27.72 | 25.98 | 0.67 | ns |
| BWC (kg) | 7.90a | 7.38a | 7.51a | 6.77a | 5.04b | 0.49 | ∗∗ |
| ADG (g/d/head) | 87.7a | 82.0a | 83.4a | 75.2a | 56.0b | 5.45 | ∗∗ |
| FCE (ADG/daily TDMI) | 0.12 | 0.11 | 0.11 | 0.09 | 0.08 | 0.001 | ns |
| PCE (ADG/daily CPI) | 0.79 | 0.73 | 0.75 | 0.69 | 0.58 | 0.05 | ns |
a, bMean values within a row with different superscripts are significantly different at ∗∗ = (P < 0.01); SEM: standard error of the mean; SL: significant level; ns: nonsignificant; IBW: initial body weight; FBC: final body weight; BWC: body weight change; ADG: average daily gain; FCE: feed conversion efficiency; PCE: protein conversion efficiency. T1 = Rhodes grass hay ad libitum + 100% concentrate mix; T2 = Rhodes grass hay ad libitum + 75% noug seed cake (NSC) and 25% dried mulberry and Vernonia mixed leaves' meal; T3 = Rhodes grass hay ad libitum + 50% NSC and 50% dried mulberry and Vernonia mixed leaves' meal; T4 = Rhodes grass hay ad libitum + 25% NSC and 75% dried mulberry and Vernonia mixed leaves' meal; T5 = Rhodes grass hay ad libitum + 100% dried mulberry and Vernonia mixed leaves' meal.