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fed citrus pulp as compared to those who fed molasses or a control diet. Similarly, Ahooei
et al. (2011) executed trial to assess the effect of DCP on nutrient digestibility in fattening

swine male calves. Twenty fattening swine male calves were equally divided in four
experimental groups allocating four experimental diets with or without urea following urea

and DCP (control), 12% DCP + 0% urea, 0% DCP + 0.65% urea, 12% DCP + 0.65% urea.

All experimental diets consisted of 35% forage (corn silage) and 65% concentrate. The
experiment lasted for 100 days (15 days adaptation period and 85 days experimental

period). Results revealed that supplementation of DCP with 0.69% urea in the diet had

significant effect on weight gain. Similarly, there was a less feed conversion in diet
containing urea 0.65% with DCP.

Chen et al. (1981) performed an experiment to check effects of DCP in replacement
of corn on growth performance in lambs. Three types of concentrates were formed at

different levels including 0, 10 and 20% DCP in lamb feed. Results declared that there was

an increased weight gain with an increase in level of DCP in diet while it was observed that
daily weight gain was less than control diet but it had better marbling. Weight gain in

animals fed various levels of DCP calculated by Bampidis and Robinson (2006) is given in
Table 2.5.

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