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A note on the effect of urea contained in a molassed sugar beet pulp cube on the voluntary intake and digestibility of oat straw by steers

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 September 2010

G. Fishwick ,
R. G. Hemingway ,
J. J. Parkins  and
N. S. Ritchie
G. Fishwick
Affiliation:
Department of Animal Husbandry, Glasgow University Veterinary School, Bearsden, Glasgow
R. G. Hemingway
Affiliation:
Department of Animal Husbandry, Glasgow University Veterinary School, Bearsden, Glasgow
J. J. Parkins
Affiliation:
Department of Animal Husbandry, Glasgow University Veterinary School, Bearsden, Glasgow
N. S. Ritchie
Affiliation:
Department of Animal Husbandry, Glasgow University Veterinary School, Bearsden, Glasgow
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Summary

1. The effects of 0·9 to 1·0 kg molassed sugar beet pulp cubes, supplemented with minerals and vitamins and with either 0, 3·0 and 7·8% urea, on the voluntary intake of oat straw (either 2·0 or 3·0% crude protein) were measured in two experiments with 250 to 300 kg British Friesian steers.

2. Straw intake was increased by a maximum of about 20% when a total of about 165 g crude protein was supplied by the urea-containing sugar beet products.

3. In one digestibility trial conducted with 385 kg steers, the inclusion in sugar beet pulp of urea equivalent to 89 g and 169 g crude protein/day comparably and significantly increased the digestibility of dry matter and crude fibre.

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Animal Production , Volume 17 , Issue 2 , October 1973 , pp. 205 - 208
Copyright
Copyright © British Society of Animal Science 1973

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