Nutritive value of kikuyu grass

Abstract

Six groups of six wether hoggets were fed as a sole diet either one of two cuts of Kikuyu grass or a pelleted grassmeal — barleymeal ration ad lib. or restricted levels of intake in a comparative slaughter trial.Sheep eating the pelleted grassmeal — barleymeal ration were superior in terms of energy andnitrogen retention and wool growth to thoseeating Kikuyu grass.It is suggested that the poor performance of sheep fed Kikuyu grass is a direct result of an inadequate voluntary intake of digestible energy. © 1974 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.