Growth and carcass characteristics of three Ethiopian indigenous goats fed concentrate at different supplementation levels

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Table 3 Least square means for body weight and dimensions of three Ethiopian goat types

Variables	Genotypes (G)			Concentrate level (C)		SEM	p value
Variables	Bati	HH	SS	L1	L2	SEM	G	C	G × C
Growth parameters
IW (kg)	15.8	15.5	14.1	14.9	15.3	0.30	0.11	0.29	0.12
FW (kg)	19.6^a	20.1^a	17.8^b	18.4^b	19.9^a	0.38	<0.01	0.02	0.48
ADG (g/day)	42.1	51.4	41.3	38.7^b	50.9^a	2.42	0.17	0.02	0.98
SBW (kg)	18.8^a	19.3^a	17.1^b	17.8^b	19.0^a	0.37	<0.01	0.02	0.53
Dimensions (cm)
Body length	51.7	51.2	50.5	50.7	51.6	0.38	0.47	0.32	0.96
Heart girth	65.8	65.9	64.3	64.9	65.8	0.41	0.19	0.28	0.84
Height at wither	60.8^a	61.4^a	58.4^b	59.6	60.8	0.46	<0.01	0.10	0.71
Pelvic width	10.7	11.0	10.5	10.4^b	11.1^a	0.16	0.34	0.04	0.61
Neck girth	34.0^a	34.0^a	32.7^b	33.4	33.7	0.24	0.03	0.51	0.53
Thigh circumference	20.5	20.8	20.3	20.3	20.8	0.15	0.34	0.12	0.53

Least square means in a row with different subscript letter differ significantly (p < 0.05)
HH Hararghe highland goat, SS Short-eared Somali goat, L1 hay + 1 % of body weight concentrate, L2 hay + 1.5 % of body weight concentrate, IW initial weight, FW final weight, ADG average daily gain, SBW slaughter body weight, SEM pooled standard error of mean