Effect of different dietary protein sources on digestibility and growth performance parameters in lambs

Bulletin of the National Research Centre

Table 7 Water balance of Farafra sheep fed different experimental diets

Item	Experimental diets				SE	Sig
Item	SBM	BCSM	CSM	SSM	SE	Sig
Water balance (mL/head/day)
Drinking water	6604.33	6125.00	6550.00	6900.00	264.62	NS
Feed water	118.33	117.33	129.33	119.33	3.41	NS
Urinary water	1074.67a	583.33c	475.00c	750.00b	82.14	*
Fecal water	413.00a	342.00b	158.33c	200.67bc	37.04	*
Balance	5234.99	5317.00	6046.00	6068.66	285.96	NS
Water balance (mL/day/kg w0.75)
Drinking water	114.17	117.73	128.30	127.87	5.78	NS
Feed water	2.07	2.30	2.50	2.23	0.21	NS
Urinary water	18.87a	11.30ab	9.30b	13.90ab	1.46	*
Fecal water	7.03a	6.60ab	3.03b	3.70b	0.60	**
Balance	90.34	102.13	118.47	112.50	5.90	NS
Drinking water (L/kg DM intake/day)	6.17	5.60	5.76	5.98	0.21	NS

a, b and c: Means in the same row with different superscripts are significantly different at (p < 0.01)
SE, standard error; NS, nonsignificant difference
^*Significant difference at (p < 0.05). **Significant difference at (p < 0.01)