The potential economic benefits of combining tactical anthelmintic treatment for gastrointestinal nematodes and nutritional supplementation with urea-molasses blocks were examined in Boer goats raised under extensive grazing conditions in the summer rainfall area of South Africa. Eight groups of nine goats were monitored over a 12-month period from 1 October 2002 to 9 October 2003. Ad libitum n...

Blocks containing urea were provided to groups of penned sheep fed ad libitum on roughage of either 2.3 % or 5.1 % crude protein content and the results were compared with unsupplemented groups. One block contained 7.1% urea with finely ground sorghum, distillers solubles, common salt and rock phosphate. The other block contained 30.070 urea with common salt, rock phosphate, molasses and pollar...

The experiment was conducted in the animal field belonging to Department of Animal Production Techniques at Technical College / Al-Mussaib for a period more than eight months, starting on 08/08/2021 and ending 21/5/2022.The included purchase Alfalfa hay stalks, their treatment with urea beam plastic, molasses, composition, mixing pressing concentrated ration, preparation individual sheds from c...

<p class="MDPI17abstract"><strong>Objective: </strong>This study aimed to investigate effects of Molasses replacement with Vinasse-molasses in ration on the blood metabolite profiles and mRNA expression <em>Growth Hormone 1</em> (<em>GH1)</em> finishing Peranakan Ongole (PO) Cattle.</p><p class="MDPI17abstract"><strong>Methods: </st...

3.5 ha of sweet potato were used to feed 30 crossbred Brahman bulls with an average weight of 184 kg and approximately one year old in an experiment to study the use of sweet potato in beef production. The five treatments were allocated to the experimental units in an unrestricted randomized block design. Treatments contained 0:100, 25:75, 75:25, 50:50 ant 100:0 ratios of tubers to sweet potato...

Cocoa pod is among the by-products of cocoa (Theobroma cacao) plantations. The aim of this study was to apply a number of treatments in order to improve nutritional quality of cocoa pod for feeding of ruminants. Cocoa pod was subjected to different treatments, i.e. C (cocoa pod without any treatment or control), CAm (cocoa pod+1.5% urea), CMo (cocoa pod+3% molasses), CRu (cocoa pod+3% rumen con...

Using value-added products such as compost in farming systems could enable optimization of nitrogen (N) fertilizers whose world-wide demand is on the increase. The objectives this study were to: (i) produce through co-composting rice husk (RH) with chicken dung slurry (CDS), feed, and molasses, (ii) determine effects optimum rate urea RH minimizing ammonia (NH3) volatilization, (iii) total N, e...

The treatments consisted of chopping sugar cane stalk coarsely (10 to 20 mm particle size) or finely (less than 5 mm). The chopped cane stalk was mixed with chopped cane tops ( 40 to 50 mm particle size) in the ratio 75: 25. A solution of urea/molasses (200 g urea/kg solution) was added to the cane at the rate of 50 g/kg of fresh cane. The animals also received 600 g/d cotton seed meal and 100 ...

The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of adding sulfuric acid to sugarcane tops silage on rumen bacteria and whole rumen microorganisms (WRM) and compare the digestibility of sugarcane tops treated with different amount of urea, molasses and sulfuric acid between Holstein cow and Khouzestan buffalo. Regardless of the type of the treatment, potential of gas production (B) by cow WRM ...