Sago pith meal based diets in sheep containing different sources of nitrogen: feed preparation, growth performance, digestibility and carcass quality

• Main Authors: Yahya, M., Mahyuddin, M., Alimon, Abdul Razak, Abdullah, Norhani, Ivan, Michael
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2011
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/22389/1/Sago%20pith%20meal%20based%20diets%20in%20sheep%20containing%20different%20sources%20of%20nitrogen.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/22389/; http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0377840111003592
• Institution: Universiti Putra Malaysia

The present research work was designed to evaluate sago pith meal (SPM) as feed for ruminants. A particle size distribution (Experiment 1) was determined in SPM prepared from sago logs by use of three different rasping sizes (large, medium and small). The large rasping produced a negligible amount o...