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TABLE XXII
Food consumption (on dry basis)
|
Animals |
H 45 |
H 46 |
H 48 |
H 51 |
|
(Period 3) |
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|
Untreated paddy straw (gm.) . . |
3915 |
3795 |
3925 |
3896 |
|
Mustard cake (gm.) . . . . |
824 |
721 |
824 |
721 |
|
(Period 4) |
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|
Treated paddy straw (gm.) . . . |
3723 |
3415 |
3753 |
3360 |
|
Mustard cake (gm.) . . . . |
804 |
716 |
817 |
721 |
The detailed data of the two digestibility trials are given in Tables XXIII
and XXIV.
TABLE XXIII
Digestibility of mustard cake + paddy straw (untreated)
|
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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|
Paddy straw . . . |
3915 |
3194 |
103.4 |
47.4 |
1362.0 |
1680.7 |
3042.7 |
|
Mustard cake . . . |
824 |
760 |
273.0 |
140.1 |
66.7 |
280.3 |
347.0 |
|
Whole ration . . . |
4739 |
3954 |
376.4 |
187.5 |
1428.7 |
1961.0 |
3389.7 |
|
Voiding from : |
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|
Faeces . . . . |
2324 |
1648 |
159.9 |
53.2 |
544.7 |
889.7 |
1434.4 |
|
Total digested . . . |
2415 |
2306 |
216.5 |
134.3 |
884.0 |
1071.3 |
1955.3 |
|
Per cent digestion of whole |
51.0 |
58.4 |
57.6 |
71.8 |
61.1 |
54.6 |
57.7 |
|
Heifer 46 |
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|
Consumed from : |
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|
Paddy straw . . . |
3795 |
3096 |
100.2 |
45.9 |
1320.3 |
1629.2 |
2949.5 |
|
Mustard cake . . . |
721 |
665 |
238.9 |
122.6 |
58.3 |
243.3 |
301.6 |
|
Whole ration . . . |
4516 |
3761 |
339.1 |
168.5 |
1378.6 |
1872.5 |
3251.1 |
|
Voiding from : |
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|
Faeces . . . . |
2218 |
1569 |
159.0 |
54.6 |
509.0 |
845.9 |
1354.9 |
|
Total digested . . . |
2298 |
2192 |
180.1 |
113.9 |
869.6 |
1026.6 |
1896.2 |
|
Per cent digestion of whole |
50.9 |
58.3 |
53.0 |
67.8 |
63.0 |
54.9 |
58.3 |
|
Heifer 48 |
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|
Consumed from : |
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|
Paddy straw . . . |
3925 |
3202 |
103.6 |
47.5 |
1365.5 |
1685.0 |
3050.5 |
|
Mustard cake . . . |
824 |
760 |
273.0 |
140.1 |
66.7 |
280.3 |
347.0 |
|
Whole ration . . . |
4749 |
3962 |
376.6 |
187.6 |
1432.2 |
1965.3 |
3397.5 |
|
Voiding from : |
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|
Faeces . . . . |
2384 |
1645 |
163.8 |
57.2 |
533.8 |
889.7 |
1423.5 |
|
Total digested . . . |
2365 |
2317 |
212.8 |
130.4 |
898.4 |
1075.6 |
1974.0 |
|
Per cent digestion of whole |
50.0 |
58.5 |
56.4 |
70.0 |
62.8 |
54.9 |
58.0 |
|
Heifer 51 |
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|
Consumed from : |
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|
Paddy straw . . . |
3896 |
3178 |
102.9 |
47.1 |
1355.4 |
1672.5 |
3027.9 |
|
Mustard cake . . . |
721 |
665 |
238.9 |
122.6 |
58.3 |
243.3 |
301.6 |
|
Whole ration . . . |
4617 |
3843 |
341.8 |
169.7 |
1413.7 |
1915.8 |
3329.5 |
|
Voiding from : |
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|
Faeces . . . . |
2243 |
1496 |
163.5 |
49.6 |
512.8 |
870.5 |
1383.3 |
|
Total digested . . . |
2374 |
2347 |
178.3 |
120.1 |
900.9 |
1045.3 |
1946.2 |
|
Per cent digestion of whole |
51.4 |
61.1 |
52.1 |
70.6 |
63.7 |
54.5 |
58.4 |