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. 2020 Nov 21;10:100154. doi: 10.1016/j.vas.2020.100154

Table 4.

Initial and final BW and ADG of sheep, goats, cattle and camels co-grazing range with mixed species of herbaceous and browse plants.

Treatments
Item Sheep Goat Cattle Camel SEM
Initial BW (kg) 20.6c 16.6c 96.8b 162.3a 4.64
Final BW (kg) 24.5c 20.2c 107.3b 202.3a 4.08
BW change (kg) 3.8b 3.5b 10.5b 40.1a 3.39
BW change (% Initial BW) 18.5 21.5 11.0 25.7 4.15
ADG (g/day)
0–28 days 48b 63b 166ab 307a 53.7
29–56 days −16b −9b −11b 590a 130.9
57–84 days 55 84 123 34 135.9
85–112 days 49b −14b 99b 499a 69.8
Overall 34b 31b 94b 358a 30.3
ADG (% Initial BW) 0.17 0.19 0.10 0.23 0.037

a,-cMeans within a raw without a common superscript differ (P < 0.05); ADG = Average daily body weight gain; BW = Body weight; SEM = Standard error of the mean.