Mixing less palatable grasses with urea, molasses and effective microorganisms and its effect on chemical composition and digestibility in goats
2013
Batool, N. (PARC Inst. of Advanced Studies in Agriculture, Islamabad (Pakistan). Dept. of Natural Resource Management) | Qamar, I.A. (National Agricultural Research Centre, Islamabad (Pakistan)) | Mirza, I.H. (National Agricultural Research Centre, Islamabad (Pakistan)) | Khan, M.F.U.
A study was carried out at National Agricultural Research Centre, Islamabad to find out impacts of supplementation of low palatable grasses with urea, molasses and Effective Microorganisms (EM) on chemical composition and digestibility in goats. Heteropogon contortus (HC), Chrysopogon aucheri (CA), Sorghum halepense (SH) and Desmostachya bipinnata (DB) were used and the combinations were grass + 4% molasses, grass + 4% urea, grass + 4% urea + 4% molasses, grass + 4% urea + 1:100 EM, grass + 1:100 EM + 4% molasses, grass +1:100 EM + 4% molasses + 4% urea. Proximate analysis of samples was carried out. Crude protein content of mixtures improved as compared with sole grasses. Digestibility of HC supplemented with urea, molasses and EM in various combinations was also studied in growing goats. The highest digestibility of DM in goats was recorded in HC + 4% urea + 4% molasses treatment (85.51%) followed by HC + 4% urea (78.57%) and HC + 4% urea + 4% molasses + 1:100 EM (78.00%).
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