Variety and phosphate fertilizer dose effect on nutrient composition, in vitro digestibility and feeding value of cowpea haulm

Table 2 Effect of haulms of cowpea variety and phosphate fertilizer dose on growth and carcass characteristics of Djallonke lambs

	Zaayura		Hewale		SED	P _-value
Intake and weight gain	30	90	30	90	SED	V	P rate	V x P rate
Daily DM intake (g/h/d)	125.5	143.9	145.1	127.7	6.9	0.621	0.730	0.003
ADWG (g)	35.5	45.1	44.6	49.7	7.6	0.185	0.213	0.694
Slaughter Weight (kg)	14.2	19.8	16.1	18.5	1.3	0.758	0.003	0.131
Dressed Weight (kg)	5.6	7.7	6.2	7.1	0.5	0.976	0.001	0.097
Dressing %	39.3	38.9	38.5	38.4	1.8	0.592	0.841	0.915
Carcass Length (m)	0.4	0.6	0.5	0.5	0.0	0.132	0.003	0.039

ADWG Average daily weight gain, ADW Average daily weight, DMI Dry matter intake, BW Body weight, V Variety, P Phosphate fertilizer dose, DW Dressed weight, LW Live weight, SED standard error of difference, P probability, Zaayura Zaayura-SARC 4-75, Hewale Hewale-IT93K-192-4

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