productive performance of lactating buffaloes fed rationcontaining sugar beet tops and corn silages

sixteen multiparous lactating buffaloes after 8 weeks of calving and weighing 500 to 600 kg were used in a complete switch-back design with four groups. buffaloes in the first group were fed the control ration (r1) consisted of dm basis of 60% concentrate feed mixture (cfm)+20% rice straw (rs)+20% berseem hay (bh), while in the other groups the rations consisted of dm basis of 40% cfm+20% rs+40% sugar beet tops silage (sbts) and corn silage (cs) in different ratios; 2:1 (r2), 1:1 (r3) and 1:2 (r4), respectively. the digestibility coefficients of dm, om, cf, ee and nfe, tdn value and the intake of dm and tdn increased significantly (p