Effects of plane of nutrition on growth, feed intake, digestibility and nitrogen balance in Murrah graded male buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) calves in Nepal

ABSTRACT An experiment was conducted using 17 male buffalo calves to assess the effects of plane of nutrition on dry matter intake (DMI), daily gain (DG), body size measurement, apparent digestibility and nitrogen (N) balance. To attain 250 kg BW, the calves were allocated into three groups: H, L‐H...

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Published in:Animal science journal 2012-01, Vol.83 (1), p.50-54
Main Authors: KUMAGAI, Hajime, BARAL, Bodh R., SHIINO, Tatsu, DEVKOTA, Naba R., OISHI, Kazato, HIROOKA, Hiroyuki, KOLACHHAPATI, Mana R., TIWARI, Ishwor C. P.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animal Feed
Animal Nutritional Physiological Phenomena - physiology
Animal sciences
Animals
Body Size
Body Weight
Buffalo
buffalo calves
Buffaloes - growth & development
Buffaloes - physiology
Cattle
digestibility
Digestion - physiology
Eating - physiology
Feeds
growth
Male
Males
Nepal
Nitrogen - metabolism
nitrogen balance
Physical growth
plane of nutrition
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Summary:ABSTRACT An experiment was conducted using 17 male buffalo calves to assess the effects of plane of nutrition on dry matter intake (DMI), daily gain (DG), body size measurement, apparent digestibility and nitrogen (N) balance. To attain 250 kg BW, the calves were allocated into three groups: H, L‐H and L, receiving the concentrate at 1.50% of BW, 0.75% of BW until 190 kg BW and 1.50% thereafter and 0.75% of BW, respectively. The animals had ad libitum access to urea‐treated rice straw (UTRS). The DMI of UTRS through the experiment was higher in L and L‐H than H, showing 3.52, 2.90 and 2.62 kg/day, respectively (P 
ISSN:1344-3941
1740-0929
DOI:10.1111/j.1740-0929.2011.00928.x