Performance of fattening buffalo calves fed different levels of dried poultry manure [electronic resource].

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Feeding of farm animals encounters many problems in Egypt as well as in many countries of similar conditions due to the limited availability of resources. The main objective of the experiment was to study the effect of incorporating dried cage poultry manure (DPM) at different levels (0, 10, 25 and 40%) into isonitrogenous rations fed to fattening buffalo calves (for 90 days) on the performance & digestibility of nutrients. Rumen liquor characteristics (pH, NH3 N, total volatile fatty acids and bacterial counts) and blood parameters (total protein, albumin, globulin, urea & creatinine) were also studied. Sixteen buffalo calves of average initial body weight 200 Kg were divided randomly into four groups (4 calves in each).

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