Table 8: Edible non-carcass component of Afar goats fed different proportions of cowpea with Rhodes grass and concentrates mix.
Parameter |
T1 |
T2 |
T3 |
T4 |
T5 |
S.L |
SEM |
Heart (g) |
69.14a |
68.35a |
69.21a |
71.50a |
70.3a
|
ns |
0.62 |
Kidney(g) |
48.82a |
49.36a |
48.12a |
50.15a |
55.8a
|
ns |
0.51 |
Empty gut(g) |
1346.13b |
1356.51c |
1349.42b |
1355.31c |
1362.23a |
* |
22.9 |
Total fat(g) |
153.18a |
150.53b |
151.49b |
153.85a |
151.11b |
* |
0.68 |
Head and Tongue (g) |
1089.5a |
1092.7a |
1083.6a |
1082.5a |
1077a |
ns ns |
11.91 |
Testis(g) |
175.19a |
181.15a |
178.25a |
177.29a |
180.1a
|
ns ns |
0.91 |
Tail(g) |
24.83a |
23.51b |
22.53b |
24.71a |
24.71a |
* |
1.33 |
TEOC (g) |
2906.79c |
2902.10c |
2902.60c |
2915.31b |
2921.25a |
ns |
37.35 |
a, b, c Means with different superscripts in rows are significantly differ.*: (P<0.05) ns: non-significant (P>0.05); SEM: standard error of means; SL: significance level.