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The apparent digestibility of crude protein by the ruminant: IV. The effect of crude fibre

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 March 2009

J. Glover  and
M. H. French
J. Glover
Affiliation:
East African Agriculture and Forestry Research Organisation, Muguga, Kenya
M. H. French
Affiliation:
East African Agriculture and Forestry Research Organisation, Muguga, Kenya
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The role of crude fibre in modifying the general equation relating the digestibility coefficient of crude protein to the percentage of crude protein in the dry matter of a feed is described.

It is shown that for normal average food-stuffs the effect is slight and that for all practical routine purposes the original equation will provide satisfactory estimates of the digestibility coefficient when only the crude-protein content of the dry feed is known.

On the other hand, when exceptional feeds are encountered, particularly those in which the crudefibre/crude-protein relationship is abnormal, then more accurate estimates of the digestibility coefficient of crude protein can be obtained from the modified equation which is described above.

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Research Article
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The Journal of Agricultural Science , Volume 49 , Issue 1 , May 1957 , pp. 78 - 80
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1957

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