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Table 5 Water consumption of the experimental groups

From: Nutritional impact of partial or complete replacement of soybean meal by sesame (Sesamum indicum) meal in lambs rations

Item R1 R2 R3 SEM
Animal no. 5 5 5 –
Average body weight, kg 24.75 26.13 26.25 1.11
Metabolic body weight (kgW0.75) 11.10 11.56 11.60 0.36
Dry matter intake (DMI), g 865 894 902 31.26
Drinking water expressed as
 ml/h/day 2833 3000 3250 334.5
 ml/kgW0.75 255 260 280 29.03
 L/ 100 kg LBW 11.45 11.48 12.38 1.30
 L/ kg DM intake 3.28 3.36 3.60 0.38
  1. SEM Standard error of mean.
  2. R1 Control ration contained 16% soybean meal (SBM).
  3. R2 Replaced 50% of soybean meal (SBM) by sesame meal (SM).
  4. R3 Replaced 100% of soybean meal (SBM) by sesame meal (SM).
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