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Urea phosphate as a partial protein replacer in sheep concentrate diets

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 September 2010

H. Tagari ,
D. Ben-Ghedalia  and
S. Zamwel
H. Tagari
Affiliation:
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Faculty of Agriculture, PO Box 12, Rehovot, Israel
D. Ben-Ghedalia
Affiliation:
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Faculty of Agriculture, PO Box 12, Rehovot, Israel
S. Zamwel
Affiliation:
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Faculty of Agriculture, PO Box 12, Rehovot, Israel
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Summary

Incubation with rumen liquor gave a lower rate of release of ammonia and a higher dehydrogenase activity with urea phosphate (UP) than with urea.

Four concentrate diets containing 13 % crude protein, 27% of which was supplied by urea or three different forms of UP, were each given to eight Awassi lambs. With twice-daily feeding (but not five-times daily feeding), a beneficial effect of UP over urea was observed, expressed in lower blood ammonia and urea levels. There was no effect on the pH of rumen liquor.

In a N-balance experiment with 24 lambs, four diets were examined: a basal diet containing 9·5% crude protein and three other diets in which the crude protein content was raised to 13% by addition of soya bean meal, urea or UP. The diets were given twice daily. Urea phosphate and the soya bean meal gave a significant increase in N retention whereas the urea treatment did not. However, the difference in N retention between the UP and urea treatments was not significant. Total volatile fatty acid concentrations in the rumen did not differ significantly between treatments but the ratio of acetic to propionic acids was significantly lower with the urea diet.

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Animal Production , Volume 23 , Issue 1 , August 1976 , pp. 81 - 88
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Copyright © British Society of Animal Science 1976

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