Uromalt-40 as a Protein Supplement in the Rations of Buffalo Heifers

Twenty four female growing buffalo calves divided in four groups of six each, were fed on concentrate feeds, varying in protein supplements viz. barley plus urea (T₁)) groundnut cake (T₂) uromalt-40 (T₃) and ground nut cake and uromait-40 (T₄) in equal parts for a period of 90 d. The daily DM intake and digestibility of DM, CP, NDF and ADF were eot affected by protein supplements. Serum NH₃-N and Serum urea-N were significantly (P<0.05) higher in calves fed T₁ diet than those of T₂, T₃ and T₄ diets, however, there was no significant (P<0.05) difference among T₂, T₃ and T₄ dlets. Body weight gain/d was significantly (P<0.05) higher in T₃ and T₄ diets fed animals than thoss of T₁ and T₂ diet fed animals.