In India, energy requirement of cattle is expressed in terms of?

ANN-0020

QUESTION

In India, energy requirement of cattle is expressed in terms of?

OPTIONS

(A) DE
(B) ME
(C) TDN
(D) SE

ANSWER

(C) TDN

EXPLANATION

In India, cattle energy requirements have traditionally been expressed using total digestible nutrients (TDN), a feed-energy evaluation measure based on digestible protein, fiber, nitrogen-free extract and fat. DE and ME are other energy systems, while SE is an older starch-equivalent concept rather than the conventional expression asked for here.

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