Utilization of macro‐nutrients and minerals in captive greater one‐horned rhinoceros fed season‐specific diets
| Autor: | Singray Saleeb Kullu, Asit Das, S.M. Durge, Anil Kumar Sharma, Abhishek Kumar |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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040301 veterinary sciences
Rhinoceros 0403 veterinary science Nutrient Animal science Food Animals Fodder Animals Dry matter Perissodactyla Minerals biology Macro nutrients 0402 animal and dairy science Nutrients 04 agricultural and veterinary sciences Sorghum biology.organism_classification Micronutrient Animal Feed 040201 dairy & animal science Diet Animal Nutritional Physiological Phenomena Digestion Animal Science and Zoology Seasons |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Animal Physiology and Animal Nutrition. 105:406-417 |
| ISSN: | 1439-0396 0931-2439 |
| Popis: | This experiment was conducted to study nutrient and mineral utilization in greater one-horned rhinoceros fed season-specific diets. Nine adult greater one-horned rhinoceros (774-2407 kg BW) of Sanjay Gandhi Biological Park, Patna, Bihar, India, were used in this experiment. Three digestion trials of 60-d duration were conducted per animal, out of which 55 days was adaptation period and 5 days was collection period. The amount of concentrate was kept constant during all the trials. Green fodder sources were sugarcane, berseem (Trifolium alexndrinum) and chari (Sorghum bicolor) during trials I, II and III respectively. Green fodders were offered 20% in excess of previous day's intake in the afternoon. Apparent digestibility of dry matter and crude fibre was higher (p |
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