Influence of nitrogen supplementation on voluntary intake and liveweight performance of wether sheep on wheat straw diets
Evaluates the effects of additional cottonseed cake, a nitrogen source which is moderately degraded in the rumen, on the nutritive value of ammoniated and untreated wheat straw; and assesses also the performance of growing wether sheep fed on the treatment diets.
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Main Authors: | Wanyoike, M.M., Meshesha, A.H., Said, A.N., Karau, P.K. |
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Format: | Journal Article biblioteca |
Language: | English |
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1989
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Subjects: | sheep, wheat straw, supplementary feeding, nitrogen, feed intake, weight gain, feed composition, urea, cottonseed cakes, |
Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/29308 |
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