Table 8 Growth performance, feed intake and feed conversion of Farafra sheep fed different experimental diets
Item | Experimental diets | SE | Sig | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SBM | BCSM | CSM | SSM | |||||
No. of animals | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | Â | Â | ||
Feeding period (day) | 66 | 66 | 66 | 66 | Â | Â | ||
Initial body wt. (kg) | 43.50 | 41.50 | 41.50 | 39.00 | 1.66 | NS | ||
Final body wt. (kg) | 55.40 | 55.40 | 57.00 | 52.60 | 1.34 | NS | ||
Body wt. gain (kg/period) | 11.90b | 13.90b | 15.50a | 13.60b | 0.47 | * | ||
Av. weight gain (g/h/day) | 180.30c | 210.61b | 234.85a | 206.06b | 7.36 | * | ||
Feed intake (g DM/head/days) | ||||||||
Concentrate | 1035.32 | 1162.50 | 1158.20 | 1170.46 | Â | Â | ||
Roughage | 308.25 | 242.35 | 300.00 | 295.70 | Â | Â | ||
Total | 1343.57 | 1404.85 | 1458.20 | 1466.16 | Â | Â | ||
Feed conversion | 7.45 | 6.67 | 6.21 | 7.12 | 0.24 | NS | ||
Economic evaluation | ||||||||
Income | 380.80 | 444.80 | 496.00 | 435.20 | – | – | ||
Feed cost | 195.10 | 203.98 | 211.55 | 212.92 | – | – | ||
Revenue | 185.70 | 240.82 | 284.45 | 222.28 | – | – | ||
Efficiency (L.E./h) | – | 55.12 | 98.75 | 36.58 | – | – | ||
Relative efficiency (%) | 100 | 129.68 | 153.18 | 119.70 | – | – | ||