Animal Nutrition and Feed Technology
Year : 2001, Volume : 1, Issue : 2
First page : ( 125) Last page : ( 130)
Print ISSN : 0972-2963.

Urea Ammoniated Wheat Straw as Value Added Straw in Complete Feed of Sheep

Tumbare S.M., Shah A.A., Deshmukh S.V.*

Department of Animal Nutrition, College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Marathwada Agricultural University, Parbhani-431 402, India.

*Reprint request: Dr. S.V. Deshmukh, Tel.: +91-2452-28176; Fax: +91-2452-28176; E-mail: svd@rediffmail.com

Received:  13  February,  2001.

Abstract

Two complete feeds containing untreated (CR1) and urea treated (CR2) wheat straw each at 60% level were evaluated for their nutritive value in Mutton Synthetic x Deccani Sheep. The DM intake was 0.841 and 0.763 kg for CR1 and CR2, respectively. The nutrient digestibility except for crude fibre was similar in both the groups. The per cent DCP and TDN content of CR1 and CR2 diets were 5.35 and 56.10 and 6.93 and 54.49, respectively. Both the rations could maintain the sheep with an average gain in body weight of 6070 g/d. The feed efficiency and cost of feeding was superior on CR2 diet.

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Key words

Wheat straw, Urea-ammoniation, Complete feed, Sheep.

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