Open AccessTracing the mineral from the soil to the plant to the animal blood part IV—effect of urea added to grass fertilized with lime and phosphorus on the nutrition and health of goats
Author(s) -
J. A. Bonnet,
A. R. Riera,
L. Rivera Brenes,
R. Orlandi
Publication year - 1949
Publication title -
the journal of agriculture of the university of puerto rico/the journal of agriculture of the university of puerto rico
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.123
H-Index - 10
eISSN - 2308-1759
pISSN - 0041-994X
DOI - 10.46429/jaupr.v33i2.12841
Subject(s) - phosphorus , urea , zoology , lime , biology , chemistry , biochemistry , paleontology , organic chemistry
The purpose of this paper was to find out what effect a low protein grass, with or without lime and phosphorus, supplemented with urea had on the health of the goat and on her blood chemical composition. Sixteen goats were separated into four groups and each group was fed with a corresponding mixture of Pará-Carib grass harvested in an acid soil that received four treatments: check, lime, phosphorus and lime-phosphorus. The goat experiment covered six months, including pre-feeding, pregestation, and gestation periods.