K. S. Huque
Animal Production Division, Bangladesh Livestock Research Institute, Savar Dhaka-1341, Bangladesh
N. Sultana
System Research Division, Bangladesh Livestock Research Institute, Savar Dhaka-1341, Bangladesh
S.M. J. Hossain
Department of Livestock Service, Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock, Bangladesh
A. Ali
Department of Livestock Service, Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock, Bangladesh
ABSTRACT
The effect of ammonia treatment of straw and of barley and lucern-unmolassed sugar beet pulp supplementation on intake, digestibility, nitrogen retention and metabolizable energy of barley straw was studied in sheep. A conventional balance trial was conducted in two periods with 12 sheep, six sheep receiving the same straw in each period, with two sheep on each diet. Chemical analysis of the straw showed a remarkable increase in crude protein content (2.90-8.75% DM) intake (744-939 g/day), dry matter digestibility (56.9-65.3%) nitrogen retention (-10.2-1.4 g/100g N intake) and ME (6.60-8.01 MJ/kgDM) after treatment with ammonia. Supplementation with barley and to lesser extent with lucern-sugar beet pulp, suppressed straw intake but increased total intake up to 600 g dry matter per day.
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K. S. Huque, N. Sultana, S.M. J. Hossain and A. Ali, 2001. Effect of Ammonia Treated Straw with Supplements on Intake and Digestibility of Sheep. Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences, 4: 1170-1172.
DOI: 10.3923/pjbs.2001.1170.1172
URL: https://scialert.net/abstract/?doi=pjbs.2001.1170.1172
DOI: 10.3923/pjbs.2001.1170.1172
URL: https://scialert.net/abstract/?doi=pjbs.2001.1170.1172