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Agriculture · Q134

Animal Husbandry

Graduate and Post Graduate · Agriculture · question 134

Q134

Digestible crude protein (DCP) in legume fodder is

A.
6 - 8%
B.
8 - 9%
C.
2.5 - 3%
Answer
D.
3 - 4%

Answer: Option C

Solution

Answer: Option C
Solution:
Digestible crude protein (DCP) in legume fodder is 2.5 - 3%.
The digestible crude protein (DCP) content of a feed, multiply by the digestibility coefficient of the crude protein with the crude protein content of the feedstuff.
It is the amount of crude protein absorbed by the animal (crude protein minus the protein lost in feces).