Nutritional Evaluation of Soybean Straw (Glycine max) in Murrah Heifers

Soybean (Glycine max) straw was fed ad libitum to 4 Murrah heifers for its nutritional evaluation. The intake of DM was 86.87g/Kg w^0.75/d. The straw contained 6.20% DCP, 55.20% TDNand 1.99 Meal ME per Kg DM and the mean intake of these nutrients was 5.47g, 48.0gand 172 Kcal/Kg w^0.75, respectively. N-baiance was +ve. It was concluded that soybean straw, as a sole source of feed can meet the nutrient requirements of Murrah heifers.