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Rumen kinetics and feeding responses to urea treatment of sorghum stover for growing Yankasa rams

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 November 2021

S. Bogoro ,
W.S. Alhassan ,
N.N. Umunna ,
A.M. Adamu  and
T.A. Adegbola
S. Bogoro
Affiliation:
Department of Clinical Veterinary Medicine, University of Cambridge, CB3 OES, UK
W.S. Alhassan
Affiliation:
Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Accra, Ghana
N.N. Umunna
Affiliation:
International Livestock Centre for Africa, Addis-Ababa, Ethiopia
A.M. Adamu
Affiliation:
National Animal Production Research Institute, ABU, Zaria, Nigeria
T.A. Adegbola
Affiliation:
Animal Production Programme, ATBU, Bauchi, Nigeria
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The nutritive value of a given ruminant feedstuff is best evaluated using the combination of chemica analysis, in vitro and in vivo feeding responses (Van Soest, 1987). Recent studies have further shown that degradation characteristics of foods, gas production characteristics, fibre components and the in vitro dry matter (DM) digestibility (Tilley and Terry, 1963) could be ranked in declining order of reliability as predictors of both intake and in vivo apparen digestibility of feedstuffs (Khazaal et al, 1995). The aim of the study was to evaluate the effect of urea treatment o; sorghum stover (SS) on rumen kinetics and feeding responses by growing Yankasa rams.

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Sheep
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Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Science , Volume 1996 , March 1996 , pp. 178
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Copyright © The British Society of Animal Science 1996

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