McC Graham, N. (1967) The net energy value of three subtropical forages. Australian Journal of Agricultural Research, 18 (1). pp. 137-147.
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Energy and nitrogen balance experiments with three subtropical forages, a legume and two grasses, are reported. Each forage was given to four sheep at several levels of feeding. One of the forages had a low nitrogen content (4% crude protein) and was supplemented with urea and molasses containing 7 g nitrogen and 56 kcal/day. This caused voluntary consumption to increase by 50% and digestibility of all chemical constituents to increase by 6–12 units. Utilization of metabolizable energy for maintenance also improved by approximately 10%. Digestible energy (42–62%) was predicted quite accurately from chemical composition by means of published equations which refer to forages grown in temperate climates. Metabolizable energy was close to 82% of digestible energy, as found with non-tropical forages. Net availability of metabolizable energy for maintenance ranged from a very low 60% to 80%. It was predicted more accurately from percentage metabolizable energy than from digestible crude fibre: the reverse applied to net availability for production (40–50%)
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Author Affiliation: | Division of Animal Physiology, CSIRO, lan Klunies Ross Animal Research Laboratory, Prospect, N.S.W. |
| Subjects: | Plant Production |
| Divisions: | Sorghum |
| Depositing User: | Ms K Syamalamba |
| Date Deposited: | 12 Mar 2012 07:54 |
| Last Modified: | 12 Mar 2012 07:54 |
| Official URL: | http://www.publish.csiro.au/nid/40/paper/AR9670137... |
| URI: | http://eprints.icrisat.ac.in/id/eprint/3787 |
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