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The nutritive value of grasses grown in Uganda when fed to zebu cattle I. The relation between the percentage of crude protein and other nutrients

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 March 2009

R. M. Bredon ,
K. W. Harker  and
B. Marshall
R. M. Bredon
Affiliation:
Animal Health Research Centre, Entebbe, Veterinary Department, Uganda
K. W. Harker
Affiliation:
Animal Health Research Centre, Entebbe, Veterinary Department, Uganda
B. Marshall
Affiliation:
Animal Health Research Centre, Entebbe, Veterinary Department, Uganda
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The use of the percentage of crude protein in grass consumed by cattle as a means of estimating the nutritive value of grass was investigated. Regression equations expressing the correlation between crude protein and the digestibility coefficients of crude protein, organic and dry matter were calculated.

A close correlation between the percentage of crude protein in faeces and in consumed grass was found, and a regression equation was calculated.

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Research Article
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The Journal of Agricultural Science , Volume 61 , Issue 1 , August 1963 , pp. 101 - 104
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1963

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