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Agriculture · Q348

Animal Husbandry

Graduate and Post Graduate · Agriculture · question 348

Q348

Rumen degradable protein content is highest for

A.
Soybean meal
B.
Coconut cake
C.
Groundnut cake
Answer
D.
Fish meal

Answer: Option C

Solution

Answer: Option C
Solution:
Rumen degradable protein content is highest for Groundnut cake.
Groundnut cake is a by product obtained after the extraction of oil. The cake contains 45 - 60% protein, 22 - 30% carbohydrate, 3.8 - 7.5% crude fibre and 4 - 6% minerals.
A higher ruminal degradability of protein has been reported for groundnut cake at 0.46 and 0.42.