Agriculture & Food Security

Table 1 Chemical composition of experimental feeds and urea-treated rice straw refusals

From: Nutrient intake, digestibility, growth performance and carcass characteristics of Farta sheep fed urea-treated rice straw supplemented with graded levels of dried Sesbania sesban leaves

Parameters	DM	OM	Ash	CP	NDF	ADF	ADL
Feed offer
UTRS	88	88.30	11.7	10.2	73.3	64.4	25.0
SSL	89	84.45	15.55	26.4	27.5	20.2	10.0
UMTRS refusals
T₁	88	89.23	10.77	8.08	75.11	67.22	26.66
T₂	88	90.23	9.77	9.92	75.33	65.44	28.88
T₃	89	88.23	11.77	8.02	76.44	65.44	28.88
T₄	88	89.34	10.66	9.0	76.11	65.22	26.66
T₅	88	89.34	10.66	9.70	75.11	66.22	27.77

ADF acid detergent fiber, ADL acid detergent lignin, CP crude protein, DM dry matter, NDF neutral detergent fiber, OM organic matter, UTRS urea-treated rice straw, UMTRS urea molasses-treated rice straw, SSL Sesbania sesban leaves

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