The experiment was conducted at the Small Ruminant Unit of the livestock complex of the College of Agiculture, Lafia. Nasarawa

build, maintain the body's structure and supply energy for vital activities. Protein tends to be the most expensive. The safest, simplest and cheapest source is the non protein nitrogen urea. It has been reported that one hundred grammes of urea are equivalent to 200g of digestible protein provided the remainder of the ration supplies enough readily usable energy (McDonald et al., 1995). The cereal and tuber starches appear to be the best but for its high cost and demand by humans and mono gastric animals.