Effect of rice straw treated with urea and molasses on nutrient digestibility and rumen fermentation parameters in sheep [electronic resource].

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An experiment was conducted to study the effect of feeding sheep on diets contained 4% ureatreated rice straw or 4% urea-treated rice straw with addition of 5% molasses on nutrient digestibility (dry matter, organic matter, crude protein, ether extract, crude fiber, neutral detergent fiber and acid detergent fiber) and rumen fermentation parameters (pH, total volatile fatty acids and amrnonia nitrogen concentration). Six One-year old healthy Baladi rams were used. They were allotted into 3 equal groups and randomly fed one of three experimental diets; control diet contained 60% concentrate mixture and 40% clover hay, and two experimental diets in which clover hay was replaced with 4% urea-treated rice straw or 4% urea-treated rice straw with 5% molasses. Three digestibility trials were carried out and ruminal samples were taken to measure rumen fermentation parameters.

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