Animal urine treated wheat straw as feedstuff

In saccoDegradability and Apparent Digestibility of Horse Urine Treated Wheat Straw in Sheep and Goats

“…Because of the high washing loss the rate constant (c) of urine treated straw (0.0205) was lower than that of untreated straw (0.0284). Ammonia or urea treated straws showed similar degradation characteristics as demonstrated earlier (Flachowsky and0rskov 1986, Schneider andFlachowsky 1990).…”

“…The dry matter intake in sheep increased by 70% (Saadullah et al., 1980), when rice straw was treated with one litre urine per kg. But Flachowsky (1986) did not find an increase of dry matter intake of urine treated wheat straw. No significant differences in DMD of untreated and urine treated wheat straw were measured when straw was incubated in the rumen of animals P 0 .…”

“…But these are usually not available to small farmers living in villages with poor or no access to roads. Human and animal urine is a cheap source of urea and appears to be as efficient as other sources of ammonia in the treatment of straw as demonstrated earlier (Coxworth and Kullman 1978, Flachowsky 1986, Haque et al, 1983, Ibrahim et al, 1984, Ramirez et al, 1991, Sundstsl 1988. However, there is a deficiency in measuring the in sumo dry matter degradability and the N-metabolism in the rumen of urine treated straw.…”