Abstract
This study was conducted in Animal Resources Department , College of Agriculture to estimate the effect of chemical and biological treatments to improve the nutritive value of poor quality roughages ( corn cobs and wild reed ) .The feeds were treated chemically with 4% NaoH solution ,whereas Aspergillusnigerwas used to ferment corn cobs and wild reed samples .The chemical analysis showed that protein percentages of corn cobs and wild reed was increased significantly (P<0.05) from 6.05% to 10.51% and 17.70% and from 3.10 %to 6.50% and 9.96% for both chemical and biological treatments respectively.The crude fiber percentages decreased significantly (P<0.05) from 29.19% and 26.10% to 23.60% and 20.10% for chemical treatment and was 20.20% and 14.50% after biological treatment for both corn cobs and wild reed respectively .In Vitro dry matter and organic matter digestibility was increased significantly ( p<0.05) by using both treatments .The results of this study indicated an improvement in the nutritive value for corn cobs and wild reed when treatedchemically with 4% NaOH and biologically with Aspergillusniger.
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How to Cite this Article
S. H., Raheef
(2007)
"THE EFFECT OF CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL TREATMENTS ON IMPROVING THE NUTRITIVE VALUE OF CORN COBS AND WILD REED,"
Baghdad Science Journal: Vol. 4:
Iss.
3, Article 6.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.21123/bsj.2007.4.3.369-374
