
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Hall, DG 
A1  - Keys, MJ 
T1  - Evaluation of poultry manure as a nitrogen supplement to diets of oats and roughage for sheep
JF  - Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture
JO  - Aust. J. Exp. Agric.
Y1  - 1980
VL  - 20
IS  - 105
SP  - 427
EP  - 432
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UR  - https://doi.org/10.1071/EA9800427 
N2  - Four diets based on wheaten straw and oats, and three diets based on lucerne hay and oats, were fed ad lib. to individually-penned sheep. Some of the diets were supplemented with dried poultry manure (DPM) or sunflower seed meal (SFM). On the wheaten straw and oats diets, growth rate was 145 g/head day-1 with no supplement and 179 and 225 g/head day-1 when DPM and SFM, respectively, were included in the diet at a rate of about 17%. When DPM was included at 32%, intake and growth rate were reduced. On the lucerne hay and oats diets, there was no difference in sheep production with no supplement, or with DPM or SFM at a rate of about 17% of the diet. Sheep on SFM-supplemented diets produced up to 2.4 g/head day-1 more wool than those on DPM diets. The DPM was considered to be a useful nitrogen supplement for roughages such as wheaten straw, which are low in crude protein. 
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