caa a22 4500 386320306 CHVBK 20180307111624.0 cr unu---uuuuu 161130e198812 xx s 000 0 eng 10.1017/S0003356100003639 doi S0003356100003639 pii (NATIONALLICENCE)cambridge-10.1017/S0003356100003639 Energy and protein utilization of lucerne hay and barley grain by yearling camel calves [Elektronische Daten] Two trials were conducted with eight yearling camels with an average intial body weight of 300 kg, to evaluate protein and energy values of lucerne hay and barley grains. In each trial, eight animals were randomly allotted to two different dietary treatments of coarsely ground lucerne hay or lucerne hay + barley grain (50:50) in such a way that two animals in each of the two blocks received the same ration. Each trial consisted of a 10-day preliminary period followed by a 7-day collection period during which total urine and faeces collections were made, and samples were processed and composited for later analysis. All animals consumed daily an average of about 5 kg food divided in two equal meals. The apparent digestibility coefficients for organic matter, crude protein, neutral-detergent fibre and cellulose of the lucerne hay ration improved respectively from 0·615, 0·662, 0·455 and 0·555 to 0·736, 0·655, 0·547 and 0·589, as a result of incorporating 500 g/kg barley grain in place of hay in the diet. Even though there was no difference in the proportion of nitrogen retained relative to intake, the proportion of nitrogen retained relative to that absorbed was higher (P < 0·05) in the lucerne + barley group (0·769) than in the lucerne-only group (0·747). On a dry-matter basis, the feeding value in camels of digestible protein (g/kg), total digestible nutrients (g/kg), digestible energy (MJ/kg), metabolizable energy (MJ/kg), net energy maintenance (MJ/kg), net energy lactation (MJ/kg) and net energy gain (MJ/kg) were respectively 118, 552, 10·0, 8·4, 5·4, 5·0 and 2·1 for lucerne hay and 80, 800, 14·6, 12·1, 8·4, 8·8 and 5·0 for barley grain (calculated by difference). Copyright © British Society of Animal Science 1988 Bhattacharya A. N. Range and Animal Development Research Center, Sakaka, Al-jouf Ministry of Agriculture and Water, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Al-Mutairi S. Range and Animal Development Research Center, Sakaka, Al-jouf Ministry of Agriculture and Water, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Hashimi A. Range and Animal Development Research Center, Sakaka, Al-jouf Ministry of Agriculture and Water, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Economides S. Range and Animal Development Research Center, Sakaka, Al-jouf Ministry of Agriculture and Water, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Animal Production Cambridge University Press 47/3(1988-12), 481-485 0003-3561 47:3<481 1988 47 ASC https://doi.org/10.1017/S0003356100003639 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0003356100003639 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Bhattacharya A. N. Range and Animal Development Research Center, Sakaka, Al-jouf Ministry of Agriculture and Water, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Al-Mutairi S. Range and Animal Development Research Center, Sakaka, Al-jouf Ministry of Agriculture and Water, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Hashimi A. Range and Animal Development Research Center, Sakaka, Al-jouf Ministry of Agriculture and Water, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Economides S. Range and Animal Development Research Center, Sakaka, Al-jouf Ministry of Agriculture and Water, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Animal Production Cambridge University Press 47/3(1988-12), 481-485 0003-3561 47:3<481 1988 47 ASC CC0 http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0 nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-cambridge