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The nutritive value for ruminants of a complete processed diet based on barley straw

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 March 2009

F. W. Wainman ,
K. L. Blaxter  and
J. D. Pullar
F. W. Wainman
Affiliation:
The Rowett Research Institute, Bucksburn, Aberdeen
K. L. Blaxter
Affiliation:
The Rowett Research Institute, Bucksburn, Aberdeen
J. D. Pullar
Affiliation:
The Rowett Research Institute, Bucksburn, Aberdeen
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Summary

Calorimetric experiments were made with a complete extruded diet for ruminants, ‘Ruminant Diet A’ prepared by Messrs U.K. Compound Feeds Ltd. Twelve determinations of energy and nitrogen retention were made using sheep and it was found that the diet had a metabolizable energy value of 2–32 kcal/g organic matter, and the net availabilities of its metabolizable energy were 42–7 % for fattening and 68–0 % for maintenance. These values agreed well with those predicted from equations published by the Agricultural Research Council. On a dry basis the starch equivalent was 38–3 %.

Type
Research Article
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The Journal of Agricultural Science , Volume 74 , Issue 2 , April 1970 , pp. 311 - 314
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1970

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