276 The Nutritive Value of Alkali-treated Cereal Straws
TABLE XIII
Digestibility of wheat straw (treated) + rape cake
|
Dry |
Organic |
Crude |
Ether |
Crude |
N-frce |
Total |
|
|
gm. |
gm. |
gm |
gm. |
gm. |
gm. |
gm. |
|
|
Heifer 45 |
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Consumed from : |
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|
Straw . . . . |
5130 |
4660 |
90.3 |
17.9 |
2641.4 |
1910.2 |
4552 |
|
Cake . . . . |
829 |
761 |
294.7 |
111.2 |
65.3 |
289.6 |
355 |
|
Whole ration . . . |
5959 |
5421 |
385.0 |
129.1 |
2706.7 |
2199.8 |
4907 |
|
Voiding from: |
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|
Faeces . . . . |
2289 |
1823 |
174.4 |
34.6 |
785.0 |
829 |
1614 |
|
Total digested . . . |
3670 |
3598 |
210.6 |
94.5 |
1921.7 |
1370.8 |
3293 |
|
Percentage digestion of whole |
61.6 |
66.4 |
54.4 |
73.2 |
71.0 |
62.3 |
67.1 |
|
Heifer 46 |
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|
Consumed from : |
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|
Straw . . . . |
4260 |
3894 |
75.1 |
14.9 |
2197.6 |
1606.3 |
3804 |
|
Cake . . . . |
726 |
666 |
258.1 |
97.4 |
57.2 |
253.6 |
311 |
|
Whole ration . . . |
4986 |
4560 |
333.2 |
112.3 |
2254.8 |
1859.9 |
4115 |
|
Voiding from: |
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|
Faeces . . . . |
1565 |
1229 |
156.7 |
30.1 |
511.2 |
531.0 |
1042 |
|
Total digested . . . |
3421 |
3331 |
176.5 |
82.2 |
1743.6 |
1328.9 |
3073 |
|
Percentage digestion of whole |
68.1 |
70.3 |
53.0 |
73.2 |
77.3 |
70.9 |
74.7 |
|
Heifer 48 |
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|
Consumed from : |
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|
Straw . . . . |
5085 |
4639 |
89.5 |
17.8 |
2618.2 |
1913.5 |
4532 |
|
Cake . . . . |
776 |
712 |
275.9 |
104.1 |
67.1 |
271.1 |
338 |
|
Whole ration . . . |
5861 |
5351 |
365.4 |
121.9 |
2685.3 |
2184.6 |
4870 |
|
Voiding from: |
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|
Faeces . . . . |
1989 |
1570 |
164.4 |
34.6 |
674.7 |
696.5 |
1371 |
|
Total digested . . . |
3872 |
3781 |
201.0 |
87.3 |
2010.6 |
1488.1 |
3499 |
|
Percentage digestion of whole |
66.1 |
70.7 |
55.0 |
71.6 |
75.0 |
68.0 |
72.0 |
|
Heifer 51 |
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|
Consumed from : |
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|
Straw . . . . |
5040 |
4598 |
88.7 |
17.6 |
2595.0 |
1896.6 |
4492 |
|
Cake . . . . |
726 |
666 |
258.1 |
97.4 |
57.2 |
253.6 |
311 |
|
Whole ration . . . |
5766 |
5264 |
346.8 |
115.0 |
2652.2 |
2150.2 |
4803 |
|
Voiding from: |
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|
Faeces . . . . |
1984 |
1549 |
170.1 |
32.5 |
555.5 |
790.9 |
1346 |
|
Total digested . . . |
3782 |
3715 |
176.7 |
82.5 |
2096.7 |
1359.3 |
3457 |
|
Percentage digestion of whole |
65.6 |
70.6 |
50.9 |
71.7 |
79.1 |
63.0 |
72.0 |