Effect supplementation of Urea Molasse Multinutrient Block (UMMB) on the weight gain average of Heifers Peranakan Ongole breed

Abstract

<p class="Abstract">An experiment was
 conducted to evaluate the effects supplementation of urea-molasse multinutrient
 block (UMMB) on the weight gain of heifers <i>peranakan</i>
 <i>ongole</i> beef cattle based diets with
 rice straw. Urea molasse multinutrient block were made with different
 formulations (A and B). A total of 15 heifers <i>Peranakan Ongole</i> beef cattle were divided into 3 groups. Control
 group animals were daily fed rice straw as a basal diet without UMMB, group A
 were daily fed rice straw as a basal diet with UMMB (A), group B were daily fed
 rice straw as a basal diet with UMMB (B) respectively. Weight gain were
 measured with Lambourne method weekly. Data on the feeding trial were collected
 during 4 wk, and were subjected to the Paired T-test analysis of variance
 (ANOVA). The results of this experiment showed that the UMMB supplementation
 had no significantly influenced of weight gain average (P > 0.05).
 With regard to the weight gain average of heifers, the group A showed a highest
 (9.52 kg), group B (9.38 kg) and control group (6.98 kg), respectively. Based on statistical
 analyses, it can be concluded that supplementation of UMMB had no effects on
 average weight gain in this study. <o:p></o:p></p>