CROP RESIDUE TREATMENT: A TECHNIQUE FOR IMPROVING INTAKE AND  DIGESTIBILITY OF RUMINANTS

A. Abdulazeez

doi:10.51791/njap.vi.5625

CROP RESIDUE TREATMENT: A TECHNIQUE FOR IMPROVING INTAKE AND DIGESTIBILITY OF RUMINANTS

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A. Abdulazeez Federal College of Education (Technical) Gusau, Zamfara State, Nigeria

DOI :

https://doi.org/10.51791/njap.vi.5625

Mots-clés :

Crop residue, Digestability, Neutral detergent fibre, Nitrogen, Urea treatment

Résumé

This paper summarises the benefits of crop residues to ruminants, their shortcomings and how to overcome them. Factors affecting intake and digestibility of crop residues were reviewed and finally the processes of crop residue treatment using urea were also highlighted.

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Publiée

2024-07-08

Comment citer

Abdulazeez, A. (2024). CROP RESIDUE TREATMENT: A TECHNIQUE FOR IMPROVING INTAKE AND DIGESTIBILITY OF RUMINANTS. Nigerian Journal of Animal Production, 1490–1493. https://doi.org/10.51791/njap.vi.5625