INDIAN VETERINARY JOURNAL, cilt.82, sa.12, ss.1284-1287, 2005 (SCI-Expanded)
The chemical composition, in situ dry and organic matter degradability characteristics of triticale varieties were compared with those of other traditional grains namely, oat, wheat and barley. Four triticale varieties (Presto (T), Karma 2000 (T-2), Tatlicak 97 (T-3) and Tacettinbey (T-4))' three oat varieties (Yesilkoy 330 (O-1), Checota (O-2) and Yesilkoy 1779 (O-3)), three wheat varieties (Gerek 79 (W-1), Bezostaja1 (W-2) and Cumhuriyet 75 (W-3)) and four barley varieties (Yesevi 93 (B-1), Bulbul 89 (B-2), Erginel 90 (B-3) and Cumhuriyet 50 (B-4)) were taken into consideration. With respect to the effective degradability of dry and organic matter, the findings of this study confirmed that triticale varieties (T-1, T-2, T-3 and T-4) could be used in place of the other traditional grains. However, T-1, T-3 and T-4, are more preferabld than T-2 because T-2 had the lowest effective degradability value.