Ammoniation of low quality roughages using urea to improve their nutritive value for ruminant feeding

This study was carried out to examine the effect of urea treatment on different roughages with respect to their degradation in the rumen. The effect of urea treatment of barley straw on dry matter intake, digestibility and weight gain was also studied. The first experiment involved urea treatment o...

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Main Author: Njogah, John Njihia
Language:English
Published: University of British Columbia 2010
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/27604