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Table 3 Growth performance of rats fed diets based on raw and macerated African elemi pulp flours

From: In-vivo protein quality assessment of macerated African elemi pulp eaten as masticatories in Eastern Nigeria

Performance parameter

Diet

AE0

AE15

AE30

AE45

NCD

RD

Body weight change (g) (BWC)

54.49 ± 3.87c

53.79 ± 1.74c

57.20 ± 13.76c

64.04 ± 10.77c

8.17 ± 1.62a

116.86 ± 24.45b

Feed intake (g) (FI)

259.17 ± 26.71d

239.0 ± 3.46c

261.58 ± 8.93d

267.33 ± 11.86d

176.17 ± 5.11a

291.17 ± 18.25b

Nitrogen intake (g) (NI)

4.22 ± 0.44cd

3.67 ± 0.06c

4.27 ± 0.14cd

4.47 ± 0.20d

1.18 ± 0.03a

6.95 ± 0.45b

Protein intake (g) (PI)

26.40 ± 2.74cd

24.79 ± 0.36c

26.67 ± 0.90cd

27.94 ± 1.23d

7.39 ± 0.21a

43.50 ± 2.94b

Feed utilization (mg/g) (FU)

210.23 ± 22.06c

225.03 ± 5.36c

218.64 ± 46.09c

239.57 ± 35.89c

46.43 ± 9.99a

401.14 ± 57.18b

Feed conversion ratio (FCR)

0.21 ± 0.02c

0.23 ± 0.01c

0.22 ± 0.05c

0.24 ± 0.04c

0.05 ± 0.01a

0.40 ± 0.05b

  1. Values are means and standard deviation (n = 5). Means in the same row with different superscript letter are significantly different from one another at 5% level (p˂0.05)
  2. NCD negative control diet, RD reference diet (Nutrend®)