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Utilization of surplus protein by sheep

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 March 2009

Y. Dror
Affiliation:
Department of Animal Nutrition and Agricultural Biochemistry, Faculty of Agriculture, Hebrew University, Rehovot (Israel)
A. Bondi
Affiliation:
Department of Animal Nutrition and Agricultural Biochemistry, Faculty of Agriculture, Hebrew University, Rehovot (Israel)

Summary

The utilization of different levels of protein, supplied mainly as soybean meal, was examined by a feeding experiment with sheep. Measurements of the concentrations of N-containing rumen metabolites and of blood urea showed that protein degradation in the rumen and removal of urea by the kidneys were limited when highly increased amounts of protein were ingested.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1969

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