Effect of chemical and heat treatment on the nutritive value of low quality feedstuffs

• Main Authors: Djafar, M. Ishak, Hussain, Khairuddin
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Veterinary Association Malaysia 1976
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/39537/1/51.%20Effect%20of%20chemical%20and%20heat%20treatment%20on%20the%20nutritive%20value%20of%20low.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/39537/

In vivo and in vitro digestibility studies were conducted on untreated and on 3% NaOH treated sawdust and corncob feedstuffs. Results showed that sawdust or corncob can replace 28% of other roughages in a feed mixture. Chemical end combined chemical/heat treatment improved the diqestibilties of dry matter, crude protein, crude fibre, gross energy and also the feed intake (P < 0.01). There was only a slight difference between chemical treatment and the combined chemical/heat treatment. However, there was a highly significant difference between corncob and sawdust, the former was much superior than the latter. The cost of the sawdust or corncob feed mixture was much cheaper than a mixture of 80% grass pellets and 20% maize