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Table 5 Effect of haulms of cowpea variety and phosphate fertilizer dose on the blood profile of Djallonke lambs

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

 

Zaayura

Hewale

SED

P - value

Blood profile

30

90

30

90

V

P rate

V x P rate

Hb g/l

10.3

10.2

10.3

9.9

0.9

0.731

0.612

0.827

PCV %

31.0

30.6

30.8

29.5

2.6

0.720

0.624

0.826

WBC Total X109 L

5.9

5.7

6.5

5.8

0.8

0.584

0.410

0.635

Albumin (g/l)

26.2

24.9

24.3

24.0

1.0

0.079

0.331

0.504

Globulin (g/l)

12.8

11.3

15.1

16.1

1.9

0.023

0.859

0.387

Glucose (mmol/l)

0.6

0.5

0.8

0.64

0.2

0.113

0.283

0.871

Total Protein (g/l)

38.9

36.2

39.4

40.2

1.9

0.124

0.469

0.209

Blood urea nitrogen (mmol/l)

10.9

10.3

9.0

12.2

1.1

0.997

0.124

0.032

  1. Means with the same letters are not significantly different (P > 0.05), Hb Haemoglobin, PCV Packed cell volume, WBC White blood cell, Zaayura Zaayura-SARC 4-75, Hewale Hewale-IT93K-192-4, V Variety, P Phosphorus fertilizer, SED Standard Error of Difference, P probability