Department of Animal Science, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana-141 004, India.
*Present address : AICRP on Agro-Industrial Byproducts, Dcptt. of Animal Nutrition, Hary ana Agricultural University, Hissar-125 004, India.
Online published on 5 January, 2012.
Comparative metabolism and rumen studies were conducted to find out whether auto-claving was essential for improving the nutritive value of urea straw product (USP) or It could be incorporated in the ration as such without autoclaving.