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Table 3 Effect of haulms of cowpea variety and phosphate fertilizer dose on primal cuts

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

Primal cuts (kg) Zaayura Hewale SED P- value
30 90 30 90 V P rate V x P rate
Back 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.1 0.612 0.208 0.111
Chuck 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.6 0.1 0.439 0.003 0.753
Leg 0.8 1.2 0.9 1.1 0.1 0.955 0.003 0.051
Loin 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.1 0.424 0.017 0.310
Neck 0.5 0.7 0.5 0.5 0.1 0.147 0.112 0.097
Rib and Flank 0.4 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.1 0.089 0.008 0.197
Shoulder 0.5 0.7 0.6 0.7 0.1 0.617 0.004 0.157
  1. V Variety, P Phosphorus fertilizer, DW Dressed weight, LW Live weight, SED Standard Error of Difference, P probability, Means with the same letters within rows are not significantly different (P > 0.05), Zaayura Zaayura-SARC 4-75, Hewale Hewale-IT93K-192-4
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