Table 3 Impact of zinc oxide or selenium nanoparticles on body weight and growth performance of Baladi mother goats.

Live BW (kg)

− 30

34.00

34.25

34.25

34.20

34.60

0.277^***

0.266^***

0.620^ns

0^¥

30.75

32.00

31.75

33.40

33.20

30

31.50

33.00

32.50

34.00

34.00

60

32.75

34.75

34.25

36.20

35.80

90

33.25

36.00

35.50

38.00

37.00

Overall

32.45^d

34.00^bc

33.65^c

35.16^a

34.92^ab

BW loss (kg)

− 30

–

–

–

–

–

0.160^***

0.138^***

0.321^*

0^¥

− 3.25

− 2.25

− 2.50

− 0.80

− 1.40

30

0.75

1.00

0.75

0.60

0.80

60

1.25

1.75

1.75

2.20

1.80

90

0.50

1.25

1.25

1.80

1.20

Overall

− 0.19^c

0.44^ab

0.31^bc

0.95^a

0.60^ab

BW change (%)

− 30

–

–

–

–

–

0.466^***

0.400^***

0.932^*

0^¥

− 9.56

− 6.57

− 7.30

− 2.34

− 4.05

30

2.44

3.13

2.36

1.80

2.41

60

3.97

5.30

5.38

6.47

5.29

90

1.53

3.60

3.65

4.97

3.35

Overall

− 0.41^b

1.36^a

1.02^ab

2.73^a

1.75^a