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

Table 8 Proportion of different carcass parameters of Bonga lambs fed on Rhodes grass hay basal diet and supplemented with dried mulberry and Vernonia mixed leaves meal

Parameters (%)	Treatments (diets)					SEM	F-value	SL
Parameters (%)	D1	D2	D3	D4	D5	SEM	F-value	SL
GC: SBW	13.2^b	13.5^b	14.9^b	14.6^b	18.3^a	0.68	11.95	***
TEOC: TNEOC	40.1^a	37.1^ab	35.0^bc	33.2^bc	32.3^c	1.34	5.37	*
TEOC: EBW	16.8	16	15.8	15.6	17.3	0.48	2.16	ns
TNEOF: EBW	41.8^c	43.7^bc	46.1^bc	47.5^b	52.1^a	1.39	10.71	**

^a,b,cMean values with different superscripts within a row are significantly different at*=(p < 0.05);**=(p < 0.01) and ***= (P < 0.001); GC gut contents, SBW slaughter body weight, TEOC total edible offal components, TNEOC total non-edible offal components, EBW empty body weight, SEM standard error of the mean, 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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