Performance of Buffalo Heifers on Complete Feed Mashes with Different Sources of Ntrogen

摘要

Complete feed mash (CFM 1) consisting of 37 parts (4% urea treated )wheat straw. 3 parts green,10 parts molasses, 41 parts rice bran, 6 parts rice bran, 6pars deoiled mustard cake, 2 parts mineral mixture and 1 part common salt was offered to 4buffalo heifers of group 1. In group 2, the quantity of rice bran was 39.8 kg,deokled undecorticated cotton seed cake plus urea was 7 and 0.2kg respectively in one quintal ration, the remaining ingredients were as in group 1.At the end of 8 weeks feeding period a metabolism trial was conducted, DM intake per 100 kg body weight and per kg W~0.75basis was 2.30+-0.22and 2.23+-0.08 kg and 49.69+-8.52 and 91.59+-5.82 g/d in group 1 and 2, respectively.DM, water intake and digestibility coefficients (DM, CP.EE, NDF ) and the balacnes of N,Ca and Pdid not differ significantly among the groups.