Treating and using Wheat Straw with Urea and Molasses for Feeding Shami Goats Kids

The research was carried out in Karahta Research Station for Shami goats by using 84/head/Shami kids (122±18.65 days old and 18±3.77 kg body weight). This trial continued for a 90 day period. Its goal was to find out the possibility of reducing the offered concentrated feed in about 40% from the regular requirements for growing and replacing it by improving the nutritive value of the offered straw when they treated with urea, molasses or both of them. The Animals divided randomly into six treatments according to the offered feed for each treatment as the follows: Untreated wheat straw (control), wheat straw treated with 20% molasses, 1% urea, 1% urea and 20% molasses, 2.5% and with 2.5% urea and 20% molasses.