Palatibility as a constraint to voluntary intake of wheat straw and star grass hay by growing goats
1995
Ng'ambi, J.W. | Ngosa, M.
Two experiments were conducted to evaluate the effect of palitibility on voluntary intake of roughage by growing goats. In the first experiment there was an increase in daily organic matter of wheat straw when molasses was sprayed (0.41kg per goat) as compared to when molasses and straw were offered separately (0.30kg per goat) or when no molasses were offered (0.3kg). Daily digestible organic matter intake increased from 0.31kg to 0.38kg. This represented a 23 per cent increase overall (P0.01). In the second experiment the responses in intake when molasses was sprayed on star grass hay were not considered significant.
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