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

Table 7 Non-edible offal components of Bonga lambs supplemented with dried mulberry and Vernonia mixed leaves meal at different levels fed with Rhodes grass hay basal diet

Non-edible offals	Treatments (diets)					SEM	F-value	SL
Non-edible offals	D1	D2	D3	D4	D5	SEM	F-value	SL
Blood (kg)	1.35	1.34	1.32	1.43	1.37	0.03	1.51	ns
Head (kg)	1.51^b	1.59^ab	1.69^a	1.66^a	1.49^a	0.03	5.41	**
Skin (kg)	2.38^bc	2.55^ab	2.39^bc	2.71^a	2.16^c	0.08	6.04	**
Feet (g)	666	662	654	668	514	56.18	1.41	ns
Tests (g)	306	312	288	329	318	14.66	1.08	ns
Penis (g)	50	60	50.6	61	40	5.24	2.4	ns
Lung with trachea (g)	404	422	452	442	450	45.09	0.21	ns
Spleen (g)	46	52	52	56	52	6.22	0.33	ns
Gut contents (Kg)	3.84^b	3.88^b	4.19^b	4.16^b	4.83^a	0.18	4.77	**
Bladder (g)	20	20	18	32	18	4.03	2.13	ns
TNEOC (Kg)	10.57^b	10.88^ab	11.10^a	11.58^a	11.24^a	0.45	2.95	*

^a,b,cMean values with different superscripts in a row are significant different at **= (p < 0.01); SEM standard error of the mean, SL significant level, ns non-significant, NEOC non-edible offal components, TNEOC total non-edible offal components, 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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