Effect of Naturally Fermented Wheat Straw Based Complete Feeds on the Growth of Buffalo Calves

A 152 day trial was conducted to see the effect of feeding naturally fermented wheat straw (FWS) with either energy, protein or energy protein supplements on the growth of buffalo calves. Twenty four male buffalo calves (10-12 months old) divided in 6 equal groups were individually offered FWS as so...

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Published inAsian-australasian journal of animal sciences Vol. 15; no. 11; pp. 1568 - 1572
Main Authors Pannu, M.S, Kaushal, J.R, Wadhwa, M, Bakshi, M.P.S
Format Journal Article
LanguageKorean
Published 2002
Subjects
Urea
Utilization of Nutrients
Energy
Buffalo Calves
Protein Supplements
Fermented Wheat Straw
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Summary:A 152 day trial was conducted to see the effect of feeding naturally fermented wheat straw (FWS) with either energy, protein or energy protein supplements on the growth of buffalo calves. Twenty four male buffalo calves (10-12 months old) divided in 6 equal groups were individually offered FWS as sole roughage along with either conventional concentrate mixture (conc), maize grains (M), solvent extracted mustard cake (DMC), M-DMC mixture (50:50), deoiled rice bran (DRB) or uromol bran mixture (UBM) in 70:30 ratio. The digestibility of nutrients, nitrogen retention and nutritive value was maximum in FWS:UBM followed by FWS:DMC and FWS:Conc groups. Almost, all the blood parameters were observed well within the normal range except that of blood urea (FWS:UBM) and creatinine (FWS:DMC and FWS:DRB). The dietary combination in which FWS was supplemented with only conventional protein supplement like DMC proved to be highly efficient as far as live weight gain was concerned. FWS supplemented with energy-protein combination i.e. MDMC could also be used as complete feed for growing calves in comparison to conventional feeding system.
Bibliography:KISTI1.1003/JNL.JAKO200210103477272
ISSN:1011-2367
1976-5517