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Extracted herbage leaf protein for poultry feeding III. The digestibility of the residual product resulting from the extraction of herbage leaf protein

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 March 2009

G. Pearson Hughes  and
Dudley E. Eyles
G. Pearson Hughes
Affiliation:
Grassland Research Station, Stratford-on-Avon
Dudley E. Eyles
Affiliation:
Grassland Research Station, Stratford-on-Avon
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1. A digestibility trial is described using sheep fed on the product remaining after herbage leaf-protein extraction.

2. The material gave an analysis of 25.7% dry matter, 16.2% crude protein, 0.26% phosphorus, 1.26% potassium and 1.13% calcium.

3. The animals showed no loss in body weight during the feeding period.

4. The material was of low palatability, and the sheep consumed a maximum of 2½ lb. of dry matter per head daily.

5. The average digestibility coefficient of the dry matter was 52.1% and that of the crude protein 67.6%.

6. Nitrogen balance determinations indicated a sufficiency of protein in the feed.

7. The material barely supplied sufficient potassium and was inadequate in its supply of phosphorus and calcium.

Type
Research Article
Information
The Journal of Agricultural Science , Volume 43 , Issue 2 , April 1953 , pp. 152 - 153
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1953

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