NUTRITIVE VALUE AND FORAGE ACCEPTABILITY OF SOME SELECTED BROWSE PLANTS BY WEST AFRICAN DWARF GOATS

Olufayo, Omobola (2019) NUTRITIVE VALUE AND FORAGE ACCEPTABILITY OF SOME SELECTED BROWSE PLANTS BY WEST AFRICAN DWARF GOATS. FEPI-JOPAS, 1 (1). pp. 72-75. ISSN 2714-2531

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Abstract

Prohibitive cost of concentrate diets for ruminants in the tropics during the dry season necessitates continuous search for less expensive and high nutritive feedstuff therefore a study was carried out to investigate the suitability of utilizing some selected browse plants: Enterolobiumcyclocapum, Gliricidiasepium, Leucaena leucocephala, Gmelina arborea, Azadirachtaindica which were chemically analysed for dry matter (DM), crude protein (CP), crude fibre (CF), ash, ether extract (EE), nitrogen free extract (NFE), in the feeding of livestock. The proximate composition was used to assess the nutritive value of the leaves. A free choice study was carried out using ten West African dwarf goats to determine the coefficient of preference (COP) of the forages using a cafeteria method. Results revealed that the chemical composition of the forages varied significantly (p<0.05). The dry matter, crude protein, crude fibre, ash, ether extract, and nitrogen free extract ranged between 9.6-21%, 11.0-26.4%, 9.7-14.2%, 9.1-14.7, 11.0-15.2% and 26.5-58.3% respectively. The mean daily intake was highest (5.9 kg) in L. leucocephala and lowest (0.5kg) in A. indica. The coefficient of the forage was best in Leucaena leucocephala (1.8). The preference ranking for the forages in descending order was L. leucocephala> G. sepium> G. arborea> E. cyclocapum> A. indica. The study revealed that Leucaena leucocephala was most preferred and acceptable amongst the selected browse plants suggesting the potentials of these selected browse plants with the exception of A. indica as a feed supplement for goats.

Item Type:	Article
Subjects:	S Agriculture > S Agriculture (General)
Divisions:	Faculty of Medicine, Health and Life Sciences > School of Biological Sciences
Depositing User:	Mr Taiwo Egbeyemi
Date Deposited:	11 Aug 2020 09:45
Last Modified:	11 Aug 2020 09:45
URI:	http://eprints.federalpolyilaro.edu.ng/id/eprint/1121

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