Citation

Suriyajuntratong, W., Suksuchok, J., Pollarp, S., Sarapol, C., and U. Pisone, The utilization of rice straw by water buffalo when supplemented with molasses and urea. The Kasetsart Journal 8: 103-108, 1974.

Abstract

Eighteen female buffaloes were divided in 6 groups in a randomized complete block manner. Group 1 served as the control and received only rice straw. Group 2 was supplemented with 10 percent molasses. Group 3 to 6 were supplemented with 1,2,3 and 4 percent urea in addition to 10 percent molasses, respectively. The animals had free access to water and mineral mixture.

All animals in every treatment lost weight over the 14 weeks feeding period. The weight loss and amount of food intake of animals in group 1 and 2 were not significantly different. However, the intake was lower and weight loss of these two groups were higher than those animals in groups 3, 4, 5 and 6 which were supplemented with molasses + urea (1-4 percent).

Orthogonal polynomial comparison was used to compare the effect of adding molasses and molasses + different levels of urea in ration fed to buffalo. The average daily food intake was in the quadratic pattern with respect to levels of urea. Supplementation of molasses with 1 percent urea increased daily food intake to a certain extent and became constant at all levels of urea supplementation. Weight losses decreased linearly with successive increased in the level of urea fed, from 0 to 4 percent. Nevertheless, neither food intake nor weight losses of buffalo fed 2, 3, and 4 percent urea were significantly different from the 1 percent urea ration. This indicated that there was an imbalance between energy and protein due to the low level of molasses in high urea ration.

Country, State, District, etc.

Thailand

Language

Thai (English abstract and title)

Material

rice straw

Use category

animal feed