[Effect of corn germ on digestion in sheep]

An experiment was carried out ascertain the effect of a corn embryo, derived in a wet method, on the process of digestion in sheep. It was established that sheep digestion was considerably better after the including of a corn embryo in their ration. The coefficient of the food substances digestion in the forage for the sheep, ration with the addition of a corn embryo increased at an average for fat with 25.04%, for mineral substances--12.4%, for the row protein--7.9%, for row fibrins--7.56%. The nitrogen utilisation in the animals during the second period was considerably better.