Treatments:
1. Pasture only
2. Straight PKE at 1.5 kg/head/day – cost $384/tonne
3. PKE/kibbled maize blend (70:30) at 1.5 kg/head/day –
cost $528/tonne
4. Formulated meal (60% PKE, 15% protein) at 1.5 kg/
head/day – cost $523/tonne
Pastures were predominantly kikuyu based and rainfall
was relatively high during the trial period resulting in
good pasture covers and reasonable quality of pasture
throughout the trial.
Response