Supplementation of Mulberry (Morus indica) and Vernonia (V. amygdalina) leaves as protein source on morphometric measurement, weight change, and carcass characteristics of sheep

Table 3 Morphometric measurements of experimental animals supplemented with dried mulberry and Vernonia mixed leaves meal replacing protein source

Parameters	Treatments (diets)					SEM	F-value	SL
Parameters	D1	D2	D3	D4	D5	SEM	F-value	SL
Height at withers (cm)	65.8	63.2	64.4	63.2	62.4	1.02	1.57	Ns
Body length(cm)	78	77.1	78.8	77.6	73.2	1.49	2.12	Ns
Chest depth (cm)	33.6^a	32.4^abc	33.2^ab	31.0^bc	30.8^c	0.74	2.91	**
Hip width (cm)	14.4^a	13.8^ab	14.6^a	13.2^bc	12.8^c	0.32	5.44	**
Heart girth (cm)	72.4	69.6	73.4	69.4	68	1.47	2.34	Ns

^a,bMean values within a row with different superscripts are significantly different at **=(p < 0.01); SEM standard error of means, SL significant level, ns non-significant, D1 Rhodes grass hay adlibtum + 100% concentrate mix, D2 Rhodes grass hay adlibtum + 75% Noug Seed Cake (NSC) and 25% Mulberry and Vernonia mixed leaves meal, D3 Rhodes grass hay adlibtum + 50% NSC and 50% Mulberry and Vernonia mixed leaves meal, D4 Rhodes grass hay adlibtum + 25% NSC and 75% Mulberry and Vernonia mixed leaves meal, D5 Rhodes grass hay adlibtum + 100% Mulberry and Vernonia mixed leaves meal

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