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Nutrient utilization and growth performance of crossbred heifers fed on fodder-based complete diet

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Title Nutrient utilization and growth performance of crossbred heifers fed on fodder-based complete diet
 
Creator REDDY, S K
REDDY, G V N
REDDY, M R
 
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Description A complete diet (mast) was formulated using locally available crop residue (sorghum straw) and leguminous forage (sunhernp hay) as roughage source and processed into mash. This complete diet was compared with a conventional diet consisting of concentrate mixture and chopped sorghum straw fed separately in l80-day growth-cum-digestion experiments (once at the middle and the other at the end of the experiments) by feeding to 12 crossbred heifers (6 in each group). Growth performance, feed efficiency and nutrient utilization of these rations were assessed. Voluntary intake of dry matter (p
 
Publisher Directorate of Knowledge Management in Agriculture
 
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Date 2013-06-05
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
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Format application/pdf
 
Identifier http://epubs.icar.org.in/ejournal/index.php/IJAnS/article/view/30886
 
Source The Indian Journal of Animal Sciences; Vol 64, No 8 (1994)
0367-8318
 
Language eng
 
Relation http://epubs.icar.org.in/ejournal/index.php/IJAnS/article/view/30886/13852
 
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