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Table 9 Correlation coefficient between dry matter intake and carcass parameters on Bonga lambs fed on Rhodes grass hay basal diet and supplemented with mulberry and Vernonia mixed leaves meal

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

 

DMI

SBW

EBW

HCW

DSBW

DEBW

REMA

TEOC

SBW

0.76ns

       

EBW

0.87*

0.97**

      

HCW

0.84*

0.98**

0.94**

     

DSBW

0.68*

0.99**

0.94**

0.99**

    

DEBW

0.47*

0.92*

0.82*

0.96*

0.95*

   

REMA

0.72ns

0.90*

0.88*

0.92*

0.91*

0.85ns

  

TEOC

0.32ns

0.83ns

0.74ns

0.89*

0.89*

0.93**

0.72ns

 

TNEOC

0.13*

− 0.5ns

− 0.33ns

− 0.61ns

− 0.60ns

− 0.78ns

− 0.55ns

− 0.81ns

  1. DMI dry matter intake, SBW slaughter body weight, EBW empty body weight, HCW hot carcass weight, DSBW dressing percentage slaughter body weight basis, DEBW dressing percentage empty body weight basis, REMA rib eye muscle area, TEOC total edible offal components, TNEOC total non-edible offal components, ns non-significant, significantly different at *=(p < 0.05); **= (P < 0.01)
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CABI Agriculture and Bioscience

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