Seasonal Variation In The Nutritive Value And Ant-Nutritional Properties Of Some Browse Plant Fed To Goat In Umudike. South Eastern Nigeria.
ABSTRACT
A seasonal variation in the nutritive value
and anti —nutritional properties of some browse plant fed to goat in Umudike,
Abia State of Nigeria was conducted during the dry and rainy season. The browse
plants were categorized as leguminous and non leguminous as show in the tables.
The leaves of each species were analyzed for proximate composition and anti
—nutritional factors. The result showed that the browse plant contained values
averaging 29 .33 ±12 .15% ( CP) in the leguminous browse plant for rainy
season. The mean concentration for non leguminous browse plant were 15.07 ± and
16.38 ±1.15 for rainy and dry season respectively. The greatest CP was recorded
in Gmelina arborea (18 .20%) while the lowest was Aspilia Africana in the rainy
season ( 7.70%). In the dry season Leucaena Leucocephala ( 20.65%) was the
greatest Aspilia Africana (8. 05%) was the lowest. The digestible crude protein
concentration for the leguminous and non leguminous browse plants in both the
dry and rainy season were 11.87 ± 11.18; 12 .13 ± 0 . 49; 10 .90 ± 1.05; 12 .27
± 0 .72 respectively. In vitro organic matter digestibility ( IVOMD) values
ranged from 48.7 1% to 52 .66% and was the greatest. In the leguminous browses
( 51 .22 ± 0 .36%) during the rainy season. Also, NDF and ADF values were 38
.58% and 24 .59% for leguminous, 37 .36% and 23 .07% for leguminous in the
rainy season respectively. The anti —nutritional contents were fairly low in
both the seasons.
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KALU, N (2021). Seasonal Variation In The Nutritive Value And Ant-Nutritional Properties Of Some Browse Plant Fed To Goat In Umudike. South Eastern Nigeria. . Mouau.afribary.org: Retrieved Dec 23, 2024, from https://repository.mouau.edu.ng/work/view/seasonal-variation-in-the-nutritive-value-and-ant-nutritional-properties-of-some-browse-plant-fed-to-goat-in-umudike-south-eastern-nigeria-7-2
N., KALU. "Seasonal Variation In The Nutritive Value And Ant-Nutritional Properties Of Some Browse Plant Fed To Goat In Umudike. South Eastern Nigeria. " Mouau.afribary.org. Mouau.afribary.org, 23 Jul. 2021, https://repository.mouau.edu.ng/work/view/seasonal-variation-in-the-nutritive-value-and-ant-nutritional-properties-of-some-browse-plant-fed-to-goat-in-umudike-south-eastern-nigeria-7-2. Accessed 23 Dec. 2024.
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N., KALU. "Seasonal Variation In The Nutritive Value And Ant-Nutritional Properties Of Some Browse Plant Fed To Goat In Umudike. South Eastern Nigeria. " Mouau.afribary.org (2021). Accessed 23 Dec. 2024. https://repository.mouau.edu.ng/work/view/seasonal-variation-in-the-nutritive-value-and-ant-nutritional-properties-of-some-browse-plant-fed-to-goat-in-umudike-south-eastern-nigeria-7-2