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A note on supplementing whole oat grain with molasses, urea, minerals and vitamins

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 September 2010

B. Bogdanovic
B. Bogdanovic
Affiliation:
Animal Research Institute, Department of Agriculture, Werribee, Victoria 3030, Australia
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Abstract

Two rations were prepared for sheep in which whole oat grain was mixed with molasses, urea, minerals and vitamins. Chemical analysis showed that the minerals had adhered to the grain and that there was little loss of minerals after one year of storage. The diets were readily consumed by sheep.

Type
Research Article
Information
Animal Production , Volume 37 , Issue 3 , December 1983 , pp. 459 - 460
Copyright
Copyright © British Society of Animal Science 1983

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