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Urea and cereals as supplements for ruminants offered barley straw

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 September 2010

M. Kay ,
R. P. Andrews ,
N. A. MacLeod  and
T. Walker
M. Kay
Affiliation:
Rowett Research Institute, Bucksburn, Aberdeen
R. P. Andrews
Affiliation:
Rowett Research Institute, Bucksburn, Aberdeen
N. A. MacLeod
Affiliation:
Rowett Research Institute, Bucksburn, Aberdeen
T. Walker
Affiliation:
Rowett Research Institute, Bucksburn, Aberdeen
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In three trials, two with suckler cows and one with lambs, supplementary forms of dietary nitrogen and/or energy were added to a basal diet of barley straw offered ad libitum. The nitrogenous supplements appeared to have a small effect on the intake of straw but only when they were available for frequent consumption. The addition of cereals to the diet did not affect the intake or digestibility of the straw but reduced the live-weight losses.

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Animal Production , Volume 10 , Issue 2 , May 1968 , pp. 171 - 175
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Copyright © British Society of Animal Science 1968

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