GROWTH PERFORMANCE AND CARCASS QUALITY OF LARGE WHITE YORKSHIRE PIGS FED ON RATIONS CONTAINING GRADED LEVELS OF SAMAI (PANICUM MILIA RE)
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1988-12
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Samai {Panicum miliare), a drought resistant minormillet contained 8.8 per cent CP,
5.4 per cent EE, 7.7 per cent CF, 73.0 per cent NFE, 5.1 per net total ash, 17.6 per cent
NDF and 10.5 per cent ADF on DM basis. GE content was 16.9 MJ/kg. In feeding trial I,
Large white Yorkshire piglets reared on a diet containing 20 per cent samai reached 80 kg
live weight in 126 d after weaning as against 136 and 152 d on diets containing zero and
60 per cent samai respectively.
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TNV_IJAN_1988_5(4)308-313