Abstract
An experiment. was desigtked to study the effect of sodium hydroxide treatment on the nutritive value of rice straw and its. effect on growth rate, feed consumption. feed. efficiency and diges. tibility when fed to sheep. Sixty-four lambs were included in the trial and randomly divided into for equal groups having four replicates in each group, Four rations (A. B. C & D) containing ricc straw, untreated (A) and treated with 2 (B), 4 (C) and. 6% (1)) Na011 were prepared and allotted to four groups of lambs. The experiment lasted for 8 days. 'There was ■ significant imp. rovement (P
