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dc.contributor.authorWambui, CC
dc.contributor.authorAbdulrazak, SA
dc.contributor.authorNoordin, Q
dc.date.accessioned2018-02-02T10:08:28Z
dc.date.available2018-02-02T10:08:28Z
dc.date.issued2017-07-01
dc.identifier.urihttps://repository.maseno.ac.ke/handle/123456789/378
dc.description.abstractA study was carried out to examine the effect of supplementing urea-sprayed maize stover with incremental levels of Tithonia diversifolia (Tithonia) forage on dry matter (DM) intake, digestibility and live weight changes. Fifteen crossbred bucks were used in a completely randomised design for a duration of 7 weeks. The treatments comprised of a control: the basal diet (maize stover sprayed with 1% urea) plus 100 g maize germ offered alone or supplemented with: 10 (T1), 20 (T2), 30 (T3) or 40%(T4) Tithonia on a dry matter basis. All animals were allowed ad libitum access to water and mineral lick. Supplementing maize stover with Tithonia resulted in increased total DM intake (p< 0.05) from 376.7 (control), to 444.1 (T1), 533.1 (T2), 519.7 (T3) and 578.9 g/day (T4) but did not significantly (p> 0.05) influence the intake of stover. Diet DM digestibility increased with …en_US
dc.publisherTHE ASIAN-AUSTRALASIAN ASSOCIATION OF ANIMALen_US
dc.titlePerformance of growing goats fed urea sprayed maize stover and supplemented with graded levels of Tithonia diversifoliaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US


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