01924naa a2200301 a 450000100080000000500110000800800410001910000100006024500910007026000090016152011290017065000200129965000170131965000140133665000120135065000090136265000190137165000200139065300160141065300250142665300180145170000100146970000170147970000220149670000140151870000210153277300690155317951631999-04-12       1984    bl ---       0--  u    #d1 aGUPTA  aRecycling of organic wastebI : Palatability and nutritive value of fresh cattle dung.  c1984  aThe palatability, digestibility co-efficients of various organic nutrients and nutritive value of formalin treated (3 ec/kg) fresh cattle dung (collected from lactating cows) was determined by "difference method" with 10 crossbred (HF x local) adult male cattle of about 3 yeras of age divided into 2 groups having 5 animals each. Paddy straw formed the basal roughage for both the groups. In experimental group 10% of the total DM was fed through fresh cattle dung. The DM and crude protein digestibility co-efficients of fresh cattle dung were estimated to 48.1 +- 4.37 and 42.23+-3.2%, respectively. The nutritive value of fresh cattle dung on DM basis in terms of DCP, TDN and SE were calculated to be 3.18, 30.70 and 19.68 percent respectively. Treated fresh cattle dung was found to be fairly palatable as its incorporation with paddy straw (sole basal roughage) significantly (P&lt0.05) increased the DM intake and thereby improved the nitrogen balance of the animals. However, it was pointed out that there would be variation in the nutritive value of fresh cattle dung from sample to sample depending on the source.  anutritive value  apalatability  arecycling  aEsterco  aGado  aPalatabilidade  aValor Nutritivo  aCattle dung  aDesperdicio organico  aOrganic waste1 aB. S.1 aSINHA, A. P.1 aSRIVASTAVA, J. P.1 aGUPTA, R.1 aMAHESWARI, P. K.  tIndian Journal of Animal Healthgv.23, n.1, p.89-92, June, 1984.