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Effect of Feeding of Urea Ammoniated Soybean Straw on Intake and Digestibility of Nutrients in Lactating Cows


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Feeding of untreated (T2) and 2 percent urea treated SBS (T3) was evaluated on feed intake and digestibility in lactating cows in reference to conventional jowar straw diet (T1). Leguminous SBS emerged out as alternative non-conventional roughage to replace cereal straws. The data obtained from present investigation revealed that SBS possesses higher feeding value, containing 6.8 percent CP, of which 59 percent is digestible. Leguminous SBS emerged out as alternative non-conventional roughage to replace cereal straws. Enrichment with 2 percent urea treatment can increase CP content by 42 percent (9.67%) over untreated SBS. Enrichment with urea increases the palatability and acceptability of SBS in cows, there by more consumption of straw by 42 percent in reference to untreated straw. Urea treated straw based ration contained 6.28 percent DCP and 55.12 percent TDN against a content of 5.68 and 53.05 percent in untreated SBS diet, respectively. Therefore, the results do suggest that 2 percent urea treated SBS can find a place in the ration of lactating cows without any adverse effect on performance of cows.

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Conventional Jowar Straw, Untreated Soybean Straw, 2 per Cent Urea Treated Soybean Straw, Total Feed Intake, Dry Matter Intake, Crude Protein, Ether Extract, Nitrogen Free Extract, Digestible Crude Protein, Total Digestible Nutrients.
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Authors

R. R. Shelke
Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying, College of Agriculture, Dr. Panjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Vidyapeeth, AKOLA (M.S.), India
S. D. Chavan
Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying, College of Agriculture, Dr. Panjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Vidyapeeth, AKOLA (M.S.), India
P. A. Kahate
Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying, College of Agriculture, Dr. Panjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Vidyapeeth, AKOLA (M.S.), India

Abstract


Feeding of untreated (T2) and 2 percent urea treated SBS (T3) was evaluated on feed intake and digestibility in lactating cows in reference to conventional jowar straw diet (T1). Leguminous SBS emerged out as alternative non-conventional roughage to replace cereal straws. The data obtained from present investigation revealed that SBS possesses higher feeding value, containing 6.8 percent CP, of which 59 percent is digestible. Leguminous SBS emerged out as alternative non-conventional roughage to replace cereal straws. Enrichment with 2 percent urea treatment can increase CP content by 42 percent (9.67%) over untreated SBS. Enrichment with urea increases the palatability and acceptability of SBS in cows, there by more consumption of straw by 42 percent in reference to untreated straw. Urea treated straw based ration contained 6.28 percent DCP and 55.12 percent TDN against a content of 5.68 and 53.05 percent in untreated SBS diet, respectively. Therefore, the results do suggest that 2 percent urea treated SBS can find a place in the ration of lactating cows without any adverse effect on performance of cows.

Keywords


Conventional Jowar Straw, Untreated Soybean Straw, 2 per Cent Urea Treated Soybean Straw, Total Feed Intake, Dry Matter Intake, Crude Protein, Ether Extract, Nitrogen Free Extract, Digestible Crude Protein, Total Digestible Nutrients.

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