Response of Awassi lambs feeding to fattening on rations of Alfalfa hay stalks treatment with urea or addition of molasses
Keywords:
Awassi lambs, Alfalfa hay stalks, urea, molassesAbstract
The experiment was conducted in the animal field belonging to the Department of Animal Production Techniques at the Technical College / Al-Mussaib for a period of more than eight months, starting on 08/08/2021 and ending on 21/5/2022.The period included the purchase of Alfalfa hay stalks, their treatment with urea and their beam with plastic, the purchase of molasses, composition, mixing and pressing of the concentrated ration, and the preparation of individual sheds from cutting and welding until the completion of laboratory chemical analyzes, during which it included actual and practical experiments to respond for the period from 29/10/2021 to 28/1/2022 to study usage of Alfalfa hay stalks treated with urea and molasses in the productive performance of Awassi lambs, which had initial weight of 21.5 ± 0.5 kg and at the age of 4-5 months, at a rate of 91 days, preceded by a preparatory phase for two weeks, and the lambs were randomly divided into four equal groups of 5 lambs for each group.
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