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A note on the chemical composition of rape seed
hulls and their feeding value for ruminants
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Institute of Animal Nutrition,
Faculty of Agriculture, Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg,
Emil-Abderhalden-Street 25 b, D-06108 Halle/Saale, Germany
Publication date: 1996-04-12
J. Anim. Feed Sci. 1996;5(2):127-134
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The digestibility of crude nutrients and fibre fractions and metabolizable energy of rape seed hulls
obtained in a process of pealing before oil extraction was evaluated by difference method in
combination with dehydrated lucerne on six adult wethers.
Rape seed hulls inclusion significantly lowered the digestibility of CP and ADF and significantly
increased the digestibility of crude fat of the whole ration in comparison with dehydrated lucerne fed
alone. The relatively high metabolizable energy content of the rape seed hulls of about 9.2 MJ ME/kg
DM were based mainly on its high crude fat content. It seems that the restricted utilization of rape
seed hulls is possible in ruminant nutrition.
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