RESHWATER REED SILAGE AS NOIN- CONVFNTIONAL FORAGE IN FEEDING LACTATUSG BUFFALOES AMD CROWING LAMBS

Abstract

Tills study v.^ carried out at Ihe experimental farm Station of Annual Produdion Department. Faculi> of AgriculTuie, Cairo University Giza, and J-J-Gflniea El-Arabia F;imi in \vadi hd-K'ilroun city, Hgypt, This _sludy was divided into three expenment?:- 1 he first ex|iefim*?fir was uwtucced to evaluate feed plants silage ensiled UMJIE djfft jeni kinds i>f addmves (molasses, formic acid and laUic acid bacteria) compared wilh com silage along with estimate the nuiritive values oi uliier feedstuff i (clover hay) and experimental rviuorii used in (he ^roumy lri;i| fc-LpoiiiLienL [IJ),Voki[iUm intake and diTLL'i digeslit)il>r\ irhik were corned oui using loui in.uurc males Rhiimarri Rams wiili average body weight of 42 Kg. All animals were kept in individual pens aurme the period of studv.