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The quantitative (percentage) rumen degradability of Panicum maximum at 48hrs post rumen incubation was studied in West African (Northern) long-legged sheep using the nylon bag technique, in a 4x4 Latin square experimental design of; four sheep, four time intervals, four experimental rounding of same sample and f our levels of iodinated casein. The animals had an average body weight of 9.6 +/- 1.46kg. The animals were fitted with rumen fistula through which Panicum maximum were incubated. Various dose ranges of 1.5g, 2.5g, 3.5g, and 4.5g of iodinated casein were infused into the rumen 8hrs prior to the incubation. Potential rumen degradability of Panicum maximum was determined at time intervals of 4,8,12 and 48hrs post incubation. The results of the experiment showed that infusing a maximum dose of 3.5g of iodinated casein produced marked improvement in the rumen degradability of dry matter, organic matter and crude protein fractions of Panicum maximum and beyond this limit the effect decreased. The increase in rumen potential degradability of all the fractions of Panicum maximum was significantly different (p |
