Abstract
Straw (barley or wheat) is an important component of the diet of ruminants in developing countries but straw has a poor nutritive value due to the extensive lignification. The nutritive value of straw can be improved by several types of treatment (chemical, physical etc.). A number of workers have investigated different techniques of chemical treatment to improve the nutritional value and dry matter intake of straw (e.g. Homb, 1984, Rexan and Knudsen, 1984). Most of the workers have studied the nutritional improvement of treated straw in vitro but relatively few have investigated the potential of this feed, of improved nutritional value and high pH as a complement and buffer to acidic grass silage.This study was planned to investigate the optimum dietary inclusion level of alkali (NaOH) treated straw without affecting adversely animal performance and the economics of feeding.
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