Effect of dietary supplementation with Spirulina on the expressions of AANAT , ADRB3 , BTG2 and FASN genes in the subcutaneous adipose and Longissimus dorsi muscle tissues of purebred and crossbred Australian sheep

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

	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	99.0^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

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).