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Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4
Keywords
Cereals, Nutritive value, Protein content, Sheep feeding
Disciplines
Agronomy and Crop Sciences | Nutrition | Sheep and Goat Science
First Page Number
64
Last Page Number
67
ISSN
0021-8618
Abstract
Every year Western Australian farmers feed about 759,000 tonnes of cereal grain to livestock, mostly to sheep but also to dairy and beef cattle. These grains are fed as drought feeds, as supplements to augment poor quality or scarce paddock feed or in growth rations to attain higher levels of production. Many grains fed, however, have a low protien content and are therefore used inefficiently by animals.
Several methods of improving the low protien content of feed grains have been tested. They include the addition of lupin seed, spraying oats with urea and gassing oats with ammonia.
Recommended Citation
Dunlop, Andrew C. and McDonald, C. L.
(1986)
"Protein enrichment of cereal grains for livestock,"
Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4: Vol. 27:
No.
2, Article 9.
Available at:
https://library.dpird.wa.gov.au/journal_agriculture4/vol27/iss2/9