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Table 3.

The fennel seed powder feeding effect on some parameters relating to testis, liver and humeral muscle tissues of Kermani lambs (for additional information, refer to Table 1 of our previous study Masoudzadeh et al., 2020).

Assessed variables	Level of fennel (g/Kg DM)			SEM	P value
Assessed variables	0	10	20	SEM	P value
Initial weight (kg)	27.0	27.9	27.7	0.49	0.638
Feed conversion (kg DMI/kg gain)^∗	6.18^b	6.27^a	6.09^c	0.02	0.039
Weight before slaughter (kg)	44.7^b	45.8^a	46.5^a	0.23	0.024
Weight of testis (kg)	0.29^b	0.35^a	0.36^a	0.02	0.040
Weight of gallbladder (kg)	0.027^b	0.031^ab	0.041^a	0.004	0.049
Weight of liver (kg)	0.73^a	0.62^b	0.64^b	0.02	0.013
Weight of humeral muscle (kg)	2.96	3.10	3.02	0.10	0.506

^a,b,cValues within a row with different superscripts differ significantly at P < 0.05.

^∗

Feed conversion was calculated as total dry matter intake (DMI) divided by total weight gain.