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The study investigated the effect of urea-ammoniated cowpea husk (UCH) as a substitute for dried brewers’ grains (DBG) on voluntary intake, ruminal fermentation, apparent digestibility, nitrogen retention, serum metabolites and growth performance of eighteen growing Red Sokoto goats. Goats were stratified into three groups: no UCH (control), 350 g/kg UCH and 700 g/kg UCH replacing 0, 500 and 1000 g/kg of DBG respectively. Average daily gain, organic matter (OM) and acid detergent fibre digestibility, digestible OM, metabolisable energy, nitrogen balance and retention, ruminal volatile fatty acid, digestible OM fermented in the rumen, microbial protein synthesis, and serum glucose and aspartate transaminase were increased quadratically (P |
