Research Article
Reclamation of Astragalus By-Product through Dietary Inclusion in Ruminant Diets: Effects on Growth Performance, Nutrient Digestibility, Rumen Fermentation, Blood Biochemical Parameters, and Humoral Immune Response in Sheep
Table 2
Growth performance and apparent nutrient digestibility of sheep fed diets supplemented with different levels of dietary Astragalus by-product.
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a,b,cMeans within a row with different subscripts differ when ; 1ADG, average daily gain; ADFI, average daily feed intake; FCR, feed conversion ratio; OM, organic matter; CP, crude protein; EE, ether extract; ADF, acid detergent fibre; NDF, neutral detergent fibre; 2ABP, Astragalus by-product; SEM, standard error of the mean. |