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Indian Journal of Animal Nutrition
Year : 1985, Volume : 2, Issue : 1
First page : ( 47) Last page : ( 48)
Print ISSN : 0970-3209. Online ISSN : 2231-6744.

Some Nutritional and Clinical Observations in Sheep Fed Khejri (Prosopis Cineraria) Tree Leaves

Upadhyaya R.S.*

Livestock Field Investigation Station, Bassi (Jaipur), India

*Present address : Ph.D. Student, Dairy Cattle Nutrition and Physiology Division, National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal-132001 (Haryana), India.

Online published on 21 January, 2012.

Abstract

Khejri tree leaves contained 14.20°/CP, 2.98°’ EE, 21.68% OF, 52.83% NFE 8.31% total ash and 2.50% tannins on DM basis. The dry matter intake by sheep was 2.23±0.10 kg/100 kg live weight. The digestion coefficient of crude protein was 1.27±4.35. The amount of urine excreted by sheep was 286.06±70.78 ml/head/day. The loss in live wei :ht was 1.68± 0.21 kg/head in a period of 32 days. There were flaky sediments in urine of experimental animals. AH the sheep developed ascites after 30 days of feeding.

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