Evaluation of Nutritional Quality of Dried Cashew Nut Testa Using Laboratory Rat as a Model for Pigs

Table 3

Effect of varying amounts of DCNT on growth performance, organ weights, and economy of gain of laboratory rats.

Parameters	Level of DCNT (g kg^−1 diet)
	Control (0)	50	100	150	SEM	𝑟
Growth performance
Daily feed intake (g)	16.61	15.44	13.35	12.15	1.89	−0.99
Daily weight gain (g)	3.15	3.22	2.45	1.80	0.58	−0.93
Feed:gain	5.27	4.80	5.45	6.45	0.60	0.78
Daily water intake (mL)	29.33	25.63	24.42	24.56	1.99	−0.87
Mortality (%)	0	0	0	0	—	—
Organ weights (g g^−1 LBW)
Heart	0.054	0.050	0.050	0.052	0.002	−0.40
Liver	0.005	0.005	0.004	0.005	0.0004	−0.26
Lungs	0.008	0.009	0.008	0.008	0.0004	−0.25
Kidney	0.010	0.009	0.009	0.009	0.0004	−0.37
Spleen	0.003	0.003	0.004	0.004	0.0005	0.40
Economy of gain
Cost of g feed (GHȼ/g)	0.04	0.037	0.036	0.035	—	—
Feed cost/g weight gain (GHȼ)	0.21	0.18	0.20	0.23	—	—

SEM: standard of error of the mean.
𝑟: correlation coefficient.
LBW: Live body weight.
1 US$ is equivalent to 1.5 GHȼ.