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 | |||||
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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.