The Effect of Supplementation of Mediterranean Browse Species on Nutritive Properties of Sheep Diets and Predicting these Properties from Faecal Analyses

The research investigated the nutritive value and inclusion levels of tagasaste, saligna and river saltbush for sheep fed roughage-based diets. Calibration equations derived from faecal fibre, lignin, ash and nitrogen contents could predict digestibility, short chain fatty acid production and energy...

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Main Author: Maniksinghage Bogategedara, Pushpakumara Mahipala
Format: Thesis
Published: Curtin University 2023
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/91537