Mutton test
The mutton test is an energetic feed value test carried out by the North Rhine-Westphalia Chamber of Agriculture. The official name of the mutton test is the energetic feed value test of compound feed, single feed and specially designed compound feed for ruminants .
In House Riswick the digestibility of animal feed since the year is at 90 castrated 1977 wethers racial Schwarzkopf analyzed. Feed for ruminants is tested.
Structure of the feed test
In the mutton test, the test animals receive the test feed in addition to hay and water. The mutton are accustomed to the feed for 2 weeks, after which the faeces are collected and weighed for a week. In addition, feces and feed are analyzed using the Weender method .
In addition to increasing the quality of compound feed, the goals are also to increase market transparency. The criticism is partly that mutton do not have a completely identical digestion to dairy cows.
The results are published in the LZ Rheinland and in the weekly newspaper Westfalen-Lippe . At Haus Riswick there are 25 individual animal places for feeding, for the main experiment there are 30 animal cages with separation devices for faeces and urine. There is a comparison group which is fed with 0.8 kg of hay per animal and day, the other animals are fed with 0.4 kg of hay and 0.6 kg of test feed.
Web links
- Report on the mutton test with images (PDF; 486 kB)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Deutsche-Schafzucht.de
- ↑ Uni Bonn mutton test with rapeseed cake, page 66 pdf PDF file, accessed on December 29, 2011
- ↑ Schweizerbauer.ch
- ↑ Riswick.de mutton test (PDF; 31 kB)