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).

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