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Table 4 Effect of haulms of cowpea variety and phosphate fertilizer dose on internal and external organs of Djallonke lambs

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

Internal organs (kg)

Zaayura

Hewale

SED

P-value

30

90

30

90

V

P rate

V x P rate

Liver

0.3

0.4

0.3

0.4

0.1

0.924

0.029

0.403

Lungs

0.2

0.3

0.3

0.3

0.03

0.048

0.048

0.134

Empty digestive tract

0.6

0.7

0.7

0.7

0.1

0.252

0.130

0.395

Heart

0.1

0.1

0.3

0.1

0.2

0.349

0.349

0.324

Spleen

0.04

0.05

0.05

0.04

0.009

0.803

0.803

0.461

Kidney

0.07

0.07

0.07

0.08

0.008

0.580

0.122

0.580

External organs (kg)

 Testis

0.3

0.3

0.3

0.4

0.05

0.523

0.416

0.782

 Skin

1.0

1.4

1.3

1.3

0.11

0.969

0.014

0.373

 Head

1.2

1.7

1.3

1.5

0.01

0.329

0.001

0.028

  1. V Variety, P Phosphorus fertilizer, SED Standard Error of Difference, P probability, Means with the same letters are not significantly different (P > 0.05), Zaayura Zaayura-SARC 4-75, Hewale Hewale-IT93K-192-4