Nutrient intake, digestibility, growth performance and carcass characteristics of Farta sheep fed urea-treated rice straw supplemented with graded levels of dried Sesbania sesban leaves

Abstract Background The experiment was conducted using twenty-five Farta sheep to investigate the response of supplementing dried Sesbania sesban leaves (SSL) on feed intake, digestibility, growth performance and carcass characteristics of Farta sheep fed urea-treated rice straw. Twenty-five male Fa...

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Published in:	Agriculture & Food Security
Main Authors:	Lamrot Tekliye, Yeshambel Mekuriaw, Bimrew Asmare, Fantahun Mehret
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	BMC 2018-10-01
Subjects:	Digestibility Farta sheep Feed intake Sesbania sesban Urea-treated rice straw
Online Access:	http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40066-018-0226-9