K. C. SEN, S. C. RAY AND S. K. TALAPATRA 275
TABLE XII
Digestibility of wheat straw (untreated) + rape cake
|
Dry |
Organic |
Crude |
Ether |
Crude |
N-free |
Total |
|
|
gm. |
gm. |
gm. |
gm. |
gm. |
gm. |
gm. |
|
|
Heifer 45 |
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|
Consumed from : |
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|
Straw . . . . |
5035 |
4523 |
135.4 |
23.7 |
1985.3 |
2378.6 |
4364 |
|
Cake . . . . |
843 |
774 |
299.7 |
113.0 |
66.4 |
294.5 |
361 |
|
Whole ration . . . |
5878 |
5297 |
435.1 |
136.7 |
2051.7 |
2673.1 |
4725 |
|
Voiding from : |
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|
Faeces . . . . |
2967 |
2498 |
175.6 |
31.1 |
1011.3 |
1280.0 |
2291 |
|
Total digested . . . |
2911 |
2799 |
259.5 |
105.6 |
1040.4 |
1393.1 |
2434 |
|
Percentage digestion of whole |
49.5 |
53.0 |
60.0 |
77.3 |
50.6 |
52.1 |
51.5 |
|
Heifer 46 |
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|
Consumed from : |
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|
Straw . . . . |
4181 |
3765 |
105.1 |
19.6 |
1648.6 |
1991.6 |
3640 |
|
Cake . . . . |
740 |
679 |
263.1 |
99.2 |
58.1 |
258.5 |
317 |
|
Whole ration . . . |
4921 |
4444 |
368.2 |
118.8 |
1706.7 |
2250.1 |
3957 |
|
Voiding from : |
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|
Faeces . . . . |
2615 |
2165 |
162.7 |
29.0 |
848.5 |
1124.8 |
1963 |
|
Total digested . . . |
2306 |
2279 |
205.5 |
89.8 |
858.2 |
1125.3 |
1994 |
|
Percentage digestion of whole |
46.9 |
51.3 |
55.8 |
75.6 |
50.3 |
50.0 |
50.0 |
|
Heifer 48 |
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|
Consumed from : |
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|
Straw . . . . |
5228 |
4696 |
140.6 |
24.6 |
2061.5 |
2469.3 |
4531 |
|
Cake . . . . |
843 |
774 |
299.7 |
113.0 |
66.4 |
294.5 |
361 |
|
Whole ration . . . |
6071 |
5470 |
440.3 |
137.6 |
2127.9 |
2763.8 |
4892 |
|
Voiding from : |
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|
Faeces . . . . |
3088 |
2570 |
190.6 |
36.8 |
1012.3 |
1330.3 |
2343 |
|
Total digested . . . |
2983 |
2900 |
249.7 |
100.8 |
1115.6 |
1433.5 |
2549 |
|
Percentage digestion of whole |
49.1 |
53.0 |
56.7 |
73.3 |
52.4 |
51.9 |
52.0 |
|
Heifer 51 |
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|
Consumed from : |
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|
Straw . . . . |
4279 |
3844 |
115.1 |
20.1 |
1687.1 |
2021.7 |
3709 |
|
Cake . . . . |
740 |
679 |
263.1 |
99.2 |
58.1 |
258.4 |
317 |
|
Whole ration . . . |
5019 |
4523 |
378.2 |
119.3 |
1745.2 |
2280.1 |
4026 |
|
Voiding from : |
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|
Faeces . . . . |
2361 |
1984 |
167.7 |
29.9 |
777.4 |
1009.0 |
1786 |
|
Total digested . . . |
2658 |
2539 |
210.5 |
89.4 |
967.8 |
1271.1 |
2240 |
|
Percentage digestion of whole |
53.0 |
56.1 |
55.7 |
74.9 |
55.5 |
55.7 |
55.6 |