|
Spirulina
|
Breed
|
Sex
|
P values
|
---|
|
Control
|
Low
|
High
|
BS
|
WS
|
D
|
M
|
W
|
E
|
Spirulina
|
Breed
|
Sex
|
CG
(cm)
|
95.0
|
95.6
|
96.1
|
99.0a
|
94.4b
|
93.8b
|
95.0b
|
96.2a
|
94.9b
|
0.376ns
|
0.001***
|
0.034*
|
WH
(cm)
|
62.9
|
62.7
|
63.1
|
63.6a
|
62.8a
|
63.5a
|
61.6b
|
63.4a
|
62.4b
|
0.669ns
|
0.001***
|
0.009**
|
BL
(cm)
|
65.7b
|
66.6a
|
66.8a
|
68.8a
|
67.0b
|
66.9b
|
62.6c
|
66.5
|
66.2
|
0.015*
|
0.001***
|
0.269ns
|
BCS
(0–5)
|
3.2b
|
3.3b
|
3.4a
|
3.7a
|
3.3b
|
3.2b
|
3.1c
|
3.3
|
3.3
|
0.001***
|
0.001***
|
0.346ns
|
BWT
(kg)
|
40.6b
|
41.9a
|
40.8b
|
46.3a
|
42.9b
|
41.8b
|
33.5c
|
42.1a
|
40.1b
|
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
|
0.759ns
|
0.502ns
|
0.605
|
-
BS = Black Suffolk, WS = White Suffolk, D = Dorset, M = Merino, W = Wethers, E = Ewes.
- Column means within a fixed effect bearing different superscripts significantly differ (P < 0.05). Chest girth (CG), withers height (WH), body length (BL), body condition score (BCS), body weight (BWT), and average daily weight gain (ADG). Level of significance: ns not significant (P > 0.05), * significant (P < 0.05), ** highly significant (P < 0.01), and *** very highly significant (P < 0.001).