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Subject: Animal Nutrition × Author: Chandel, Swati × Start date: 1990 × Thesis Type: M.V.Sc. ×
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    EFFECT OF ALTERNATE CARBOHYDRATE RICH MATERIALS ON NUTRITIONAL QUALITY OF ENSILED WHEAT STRAW
    (CSKHPKV, Palampur, 2016) Chandel, Swati; Rani, Daisy
    There is a shortage of green fodder by 57.4 per cent (Dev et al. 2006) and concentrates by 93.1 per cent (Vashist et al. 2000) in Himachal Pradesh. The farmers of the state, buy huge quantities of wheat straw from neighbouring states at higher price and feed it as such to their livestock. If these are fed scientifically, they may provide enough energy and nutrients to the animals. No research work has been done on the use of locally available carbonaceous materials, in place of molasses for ensiling wheat straw. Thus, this study was conducted with the aim to find out some suitable alternative of molasses for ensiling and thus improving the nutritional worth of this poor quality roughage. Maize flour, wheat flour, rice flour and jaggary, were used and their amounts were calculated on the basis of NFE content. So, all carbonaceous materials provided same amount of NFE as that obtained from 4kg molasses. Wheat straw was ensiled with cow dung (70:30), along with urea (4%) and respective carbonaceous material, in laboratory silos for 40 days. On the basis of quality parameters of laboratory ensiled WS, silage of WS + urea + maize flour + cow dung was compared to that of silage prepared by using WS + molasses + urea + cow dung, in five jersey male calves for nutrient utilization. No significant differences in intakes of dry matter, DCP and TDN, weight gain and apparent digestibilities of nutrients (except that of DM and CF) were observed. The calves in both the treatments were in positive nitrogen and energy balance and the difference in nitrogen retention of calves between both the treatments was also not statistically significant. It was concluded that maize flour could replace molasses for ensiling wheat straw, without affecting nutrient utilization in cow calves.