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Table 7 Edible and non-edible offal components of Washera sheep fed natural pasture grass hay supplemented with Millettia ferruginea leaf hay

From: Effect of Millettia ferruginea (Birbra) foliage supplementation on feed intake, digestibility, body weight change and carcass characterstics of Washera sheep fed natural pasture grass hay basal diet

Parameter weight (g)	Treatments				SEM
Parameter weight (g)	T1	T2	T3	T4	SEM
Edible offals
Liver	190^b	230^a	250^a	250^a	10.87
Blood	712^a	564^b	619^ab	662^ab	46.65
Tongue	78	76.6	86.4	79.8	7.53
Heart	94.3^a	84^ab	80.3^b	92.0^ab	5.80
Kidney	51^b	49^b	59^ab	61.3^a	3.08
Reticulo-rumen	434	403	425	388	28.77
Omasum	62	65	64.1	56.5	4.67
Abomasum	77.0	84.0	90.0	88.3	10.14
Small intestine	276^b	328^ab	328^ab	374^a	29.01
Large intestine	334.4	304.0	361.5	357.7	45.27
Tail	286	208	230	241	70.38
Kidney fat	19.7^ab	14.0^b	13.8^b	21.0^a	2.05
Omental fat	10.9	10.8	23.4	16.7	6.59
Non-edible offals
Lung	177	173	184	190	11.34
Skin and feet	2370	2340	2000	2150	223.29
Spleen	24.1^b	26.7^ab	28.3^a	24.7^ab	1.88
Testicle	125.0	94.0	110.0	82.0	21.51
Penis	28.4^ab	34.1^ab	35.9^a	25.0^b	3.45
Oesophagus	25.8^b	38.3^a	33.8^ab	23.0^b	4.75
Trachea	30.9	37.0	27.1	28.3	7.97
Head	1026	1062	1336	1062	159.43
Gut content	6067	5674	5914	5427	405.13

^a,bMeans within a row with different superscripts differ significantly (P < 0.05); SEM = standard error of the mean; MFLH = Millettia ferruginea leaf hay; T1 = sole natural pasture grass hay fed ad libitum; T2 = 150 g MFLH + natural pasture grass hay fed ad libitum; T3 = 300 g MFLH + natural pasture grass hay fed ad libitum; T4 = 450 g MFLH + natural pasture grass hay fed ad libitum.

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