Table 2 Least square means (LSM) of average daily gain, body conformation, condition score and liveweight in Spirulina supplemented crossbred lambs

Control

Low

High

BS

WS

D

M

W

E

Spirulina

Breed

Sex

CG (cm)

95.0

95.6

96.1

99.0^a

94.4^b

93.8^b

95.0^b

96.2^a

94.9^b

0.376^ns

0.001^***

0.034*

WH (cm)

62.9

62.7

63.1

63.6^a

62.8^a

63.5^a

61.6^b

63.4^a

62.4^b

0.669^ns

0.001^***

0.009**

BL (cm)

65.7^b

66.6^a

66.8^a

68.8^a

67.0^b

66.9^b

62.6^c

66.5

66.2

0.015*

0.001^***

0.269^ns

BCS (0–5)

3.2^b

3.3^b

3.4^a

3.7^a

3.3^b

3.2^b

3.1^c

3.3

3.3

0.001^***

0.001^***

0.346^ns

BWT (kg)

40.6^b

41.9^a

40.8^b

46.3^a

42.9^b

41.8^b

33.5^c

42.1^a

40.1^b

0.018**

0.001^***

0.001^***

ADG (kg/d)

0.1

0.2

0.1

0.1

0.2

0.2

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.759^ns

0.502^ns

0.605