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Bulletin of the National Research Centre

Table 7 Economic evaluation 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

Daily feed intake (fresh, kg)

0.95

0.99

1.00

Price of 1 kg of CFM

3.09

2.75

2.42

Daily feeding cost (LE)a

2.94

2.71

2.41

Average daily gain (kg)

0.13

0.17

0.18

Value of daily gain (LE)b

7.92

10.08

10.56

Daily profit above feeding cost (LE)

4.99

7.37

8.15

Relative economical efficiencyc

100

147.9

163.5

Feed cost (LE/kg gain)

22.24

16.13

13.69

  1. LE Egyptian pound equal to 0.06 USD approximately
  2. aBased on prices of year 2018
  3. bValue of 1- kg live body weight equals 60 LE (2018)
  4. cAssuming that the relative economic efficiency of control diet equals 100
  5. R1 Control ration contained 16% soybean meal (SBM).
  6. R2 Replaced 50% of soybean meal (SBM) by sesame meal (SM).
  7. R3 Replaced 100% of soybean meal (SBM) by sesame meal (SM).
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