Table 9: None edible component of Afar goats fed different proportions of cowpea with Rhodes grass and concentrates mix.

Parameters

T1

 

T2

 

T3

T4

 

T5

SL

 

SEM

Blood (g)

615.29a

 

621.15a

 

610.17a

618.15a

 

620.20a

ns

 

12.23

Gut content (g)

5784a

 

5802a

 

5911a

5765a

 

5779a

ns

 

11.11

Penis (g)

52.17a

 

51.84a

 

52.19a

52.31a

 

52.41a

ns

 

0.19

Skin and feet(g)

1634a

 

1610a

 

1615a

1641a

 

1653a

ns

 

48.7

TNEOC (g)

8085.46

 

8084.99

 

8188.36

8076

 

8104

ns

 

72.23

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.