
%0 Journal Article
%A Lloyd, CE 
%A Davies, HL 
%A Lloyd, Davies H 
%T Effect of supplementing sheep with oat grain on their intake, digestion, and nitrogen balance when fed chopped carpet grass (<I>Axonopus affinis</I> Chase) hay
%J Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture
%D 1992/03/01
%V 32
%N 2
%P 163-165
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/EA9920163
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/EA9920163 
%X The effect of 0, 150, 300 and 450 g/day of oat grain on voluntary consumption, digestibility, and nitrogen balance in sheep offered chopped carpet grass(Axonopus affinis Chase) hay was studied.Carpet grass intake was significantly (P<0.05) decreased at the 2 higher levels of oat grain. The intake of unsupplemented hay was 606 g/day, compared with 410 g at the highest oat intake. Total dry matter intake increased linearly with level of oat supplementation, from 606 to 816 g/day. No associated effects were detected on the digestibility of the hay. Digestibility of the cell wall components decreased at the higher level of oat supplementation. 
