01283naa a2200181 a 450000100080000000500110000800800410001910000190006024501150007926000090019452007130020365300290091665300400094565300310098570000200101670000160103677300490105216469781995-09-05       1983    bl ---       0--  u    #d1 aHIDALGO, C. E.  aSugarcane bagasse, sugarcane tops and banana pseudostem as sources of roughage in rations for growing heifers.  c1983  aThe study was conducted at CATIE in Turrialba, Costa Rica to evaluate sugarcane bagasse, sugarcane tops or banana pseudostem as a sources ofroughage in rations for growing Romo Sinuano heifers in tems of total and digestible dry matter (DM), crude protein (CP), and energy (GE) intakes, weight gain and feed efficiency. Twelve heifers, 12-15 mo and weighing 155-197 kg were randomly assigned to the three rations using the Switchback desing. The rations were formulated to contain one of three sources of three souces of roughage: (A) sugarcane bagasse; (B) sugarcane tops and (C) banana pseudostem at 40% of the total DM, and theremaining 60% provided by green bananas, meat and bone meal, urea and mlasses.  aAgricultural by-products  aGree bananas and Rmo Sinuano cattle  aSugarcane bagasse and tops1 aACHACOSO, A. S.1 aRUIZ, M. E.  tJ.Dairy Sci.gv.66, (suppl.1,), p.200, 1983.