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Economics

Abdullah (2013) planned a study to evaluate the effect of DCP on the economics in
Nili Ravi buffalo bulls. He fed animals 10, 20, 30 and 40% DCP in diet. At the end of the

experiment, he reported that Inclusion of DCP in the diets has significant effect in reducing

the feed cost. It was found that as the levels of DCP in the diets of buffalo bulls were
increased, a reduction in feed cost was observed. The feed cost was 16.15, 14.32, 12.89 and

11.91 Rs. /kg for formulating 10, 20, 30 and 40% containing DCP of the concentrate.

Sparkes et al. (2010) carried out an in vitro experiment to study the effect of

replacing lucerne hay with fresh citrus pulp and its effect on economics of the feed. There

were two treatments, the control treatment had 91.3, 8.3, 0.42 % DM of lucerne, lupins and
phosphate, respectively whereas the citrus pulp treatment had 57.7, 9.5, 0.48, 32.3% DM

of lucerne, lupins, phosphate and fresh citrus pulp, respectively. They reported a reduced
feed cost when fresh citrus pulp replaced lucerne hay as concentrate energy source in diets.

An experiment was executed on Saanen kids to evaluate the effect of inclusion of

DCP on economics by Gholizadeh and Naserian (2010). DCP was used to replace barley
grain at 7, 14 and 70% as energy source. Twelve female Saanen kid having average age of

88 days and 7 kg of weight were fed above-mentioned diets. At completion of the
experiment, they reported feed cost reduced with the increase of inclusion level of DCP in

the diet as replacer to barley gains while using DCP as alternate energy source.

Nam et al. (2009) executed an in vitro trial to observe the effect of DCP on feed

cost. Feed was supplemented with 22.2 g/kg of DCP. It compared with non-supplemented

feed (wheat 3.1, wheat bran 6.9, corn gluten feed 4.4, cotton seed meal 3.7, coconut meal
1.1, soy bean meal 18.1, limestone 1.2, lupins 1.2, corn flaked 30.5, salts 0.6, cotton hulls

6.2, alfalfa cube 2.4, rice straw 5.0, alfalfa pellet 2.2, sugar beet pulp 7.3 and alfalfa hay
(long) 6.1%). Collected results presented reduced feed cost in DCP supplementation than

non-supplementation.

Similarly, Macedo et al. (2007) performed an experiment on male crossbred sheep

to evaluate the effect of fresh citrus pulp as a replacement of sorghum silage on diet cost

and animal performance. Animals with mean body weight of 28.3 kg (±2.41) were selected
for diet assessment. Sorghum silage was replaced by fresh citrus pulp at 25, 50 and 75% in

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