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.