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The digestible energy content of some tropical forages

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 March 2009

M. H. Butterworth
M. H. Butterworth
Affiliation:
Faculty of Agriculture, University of the West Indies, Imperial College of Tropical Agriculture, Trinidad
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1. The content of gross and digestible energy of twenty-four forages grown in Trinidad was determined using samples of food and faeces from previously described digestibility trials.

2. The content of gross energy of the forages ranged from 4-13 to 5-02 kcal./g. and that of digestible energy, from 2-23 to 3-20 kcal./g. The corresponding regression equations could be used for the prediction of digestible energy.

4. The calorific equivalent of TDN was calculated in each case and the mean value was found to be 2114 kcal./lb. Highly significant differences in this parameter existed among diets.

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Research Article
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The Journal of Agricultural Science , Volume 63 , Issue 3 , November 1964 , pp. 319 - 321
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1964

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