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Table 3.

Nutritional qualities of formulated complementary diets

Parameters	UF2	UF3	F2	F3	Ogi	Corn starch	Cerelac
Weight gained (g)	35.75^e	68.75^c	46.00^d	77.25^b	7.00^f	3.34^g	92.25^a
Food intake (g)	577.39^d	552.76^e	581.45^c	596.74^b	453.23^f	355.09^g	684.76^a
Feed efficiency ratio	0.06^e	0.12^c	0.08^d	0.13^b	0.02^f	0.01^g	0.14^a
Nitrogen retention	9.37^e	10.26^d	14.51^b	18.91^a	3.86^f	0.00^g	14.44^c
True digestibility (%)	72.05^e	78.29^d	80.87^c	84.44^b	61.65^f	35.43^g	95.25^a
Net protein utilization	71.35^e	77.06^d	83.63^c	80.40^b	59.20^f	17.58^g	95.25^a
Biological value	75.11^e	75.87^d	78.40^c	78.44^b	51.89^f	33.84^g	93.48^a
Protein efficiency ratio	2.74^c	2.90^b	2.86^b	3.03^a	2.51^d	1.76^e	3.05^a
Relative organ weight (g)
Liver	0.85^e	0.90^d	1.12^c	1.37^a	1.13^c	0.65^f	1.35^b
Kidney	0.21^d	0.21^d	0.24^c	0.28^a	0.20^e	0.20^e	0.25^b
Heart	0.53^e	0.56^d	0.60^c	0.65^b	0.49^f	0.32^g	0.69^a

Values are means ± standard deviation, samples within the same column with different superscripts are significantly different (p ≤ .05).

Key: OFSP = Orange‐fleshed Sweet Potato; UF2 = Unfermented sorghum (56%)–soybean (17%)–OFSP (27%); F2 = Fermented sorghum (56%)–soybean (17%)–OFSP (27%); UF3 = Unfermented sorghum (59%)–soybean (31%)–OFSP (10%); F3 = Fermented sorghum (59%)–soybean (31%)–OFSP (10%); CT = Cerelac; Corn starch = Basal diet.