Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
- Volume 9 Issue 2
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- Pages.199-202
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- 1996
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- 1011-2367(pISSN)
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- 1976-5517(eISSN)
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UTILIZATION OF COMMON GRASSES BY GOATS IN TWO SEASONS
- Islam, M. (Department of Animal Science, Universiti Pertanian) ;
- Alam, M.R. (Department of General Animal Science, Bangladesh Agricultural University)
- Received : 1994.12.05
- Accepted : 1995.10.21
- Published : 1996.04.01
Abstract
The effect of feeding freshly-cut common grasses on growth performance of Black Bengal goats during the pre-monsoon and pre-dry season was evaluated. Four castrated goats of 5-6 months age with a mean initial body weight were 11.17 and 10.23 kg for pre-monsoon and pre-dry season respectively, were used as experimental animal. Nutrient during the pre-monsoon season contained higher nitrogen(15.6g/kg) and less DM(196.8g/kg) than the grass harvested in pre-dry season where nitrogen was 12.8 g/kg and DM was 454.9 g/kg. Intake of DM, OM, N and NDF were 73.12 g, 67.12 g, 964.68 mg and 50.14 g/kg