
%0 Journal Article
%A Niven, DR 
%A Entwistle, KW 
%T The supplementary feeding of sheep consuming Mulga (Acacia aneura) with low levels of molasses and urea under field conditions.
%J The Rangeland Journal
%D 1983/08/01
%V 5
%N 2
%P 74-78
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/RJ9830074
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/RJ9830074 
%X Mature Merino wethers grazing mulga (Acacia aneura) in south-west Queensland were supplemented for 21 weeks with 50 or 100 g DM molasses day with or without 6 g urea day -' .Growth rates and clean fleece yields in the supplemented groups were higher (P < 0.05) than in unsupplemented controls. The control group lost liveweight during the experiment. Growth rates and clean fleece yields were higher (P < 0.05) in groups receiving 100 g DM molasses day -' than in the groups receiving 50 g DM molasses day-'. Provision of urea depressed (P <0.05) growth rates and clean fleece yields. Differences were not as evident when comparing clean wool production per unit area and fibre diameter: significant (P <0.05) differences only occurred between the two levels of molasses supplernentation. Fibre diameter was larger in each of three measure- ment periods and clean wool production per unit area was higher in the middle measurement period for groups receiving 100 g DM molasses day -' . 
