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Bulletin of the National Research Centre

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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