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

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Table 5 Least square means for non-carcass components (kg) of three Ethiopian goat types

Non-carcass traits	Genotype (G)			Concentrate level (C)		SEM	p value
Non-carcass traits	Bati	HH	SS	L1	L2	SEM	G	C	G × C
Kidney	0.1	0.06	0.05	0.05	0.1	0.001	0.06	0.16	0.73
Liver	0.3^a	0.3^a	0.25^b	0.26^b	0.34^a	0.01	<0.01	<0.01	0.67
Heart + lung	1.0^a	0.9^ab	0.9^b	0.89^b	0.99^a	0.03	0.02	0.04	0.14
Head	1.2	1.3	1.09	1.2	1.21	0.03	0.05	0.51	0.62
Spleen	0.03	0.02	0.03	0.03	0.03	0.002	0.28	0.49	0.30
Skin + feet	2.5^a	2.5^a	2.2^b	2.3^b	2.5^a	0.05	<0.01	<0.01	0.20
GIT empty	1.2	1.3	1.2	1.1^b	1.28^a	0.03	0.25	<0.01	0.89
Digestive content	3.5	3.7	3.4	3.5	3.53	0.11	0.61	0.82	0.28
Genitalia	0.24	0.22	0.23	0.22	0.24	0.01	0.78	0.06	0.13
Non-carcass fat	0.29	0.31	0.35	0.23^b	0.40^a	0.02	0.25	<0.01	0.69
Total offals	10.4^a	10.8^a	9.7^b	9.9^b	10.6^a	0.19	0.02	0.03	0.40
Total edible offals	3.01^a	3.02^a	2.72^b	2.7^b	3.1^a	0.06	0.02	<0.01	0.83

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, GIT gastro-intestinal tract, SEM pooled standard error of mean