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Forage Quality Analysis of Dactylic glomerata, Onobrychis sativa and Setaria galauca in North of Iran by Different Methods
Hamid Reza Gharehshekhlou, Behrouz Rasouli, Ali Ahmad Ghotbi and Bahram Amiri
Corresponding Author: Behrouz Rasouli
Submitted: February 24, 2012
Accepted: March 16, 2012
Published: July 01, 2012 |
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This study was done to measure the nutritional value of three range plants (Dactylic glomerata,
Onobrychis sativa and Setaria galauca) as ruminant food that were collected completely random from north
of Iran (Guilan). Chemical analysis and in vitro gas production technique were used as the base for that
evaluation. The chemical composition in term of ash, Ether Extract (EE), Crude Protein (CP), Acid Detergent
Fiber (ADF), Neutral Detergent Fiber (NDF), Non Fibrous Carbohydrates (NFC), Nitrogen Free Extract (NFE),
Crude Fiber (CF) and Organic Material (OM) were significantly (p<0.05) varies among D. glomerata, O. sativa
and S. galauca. CP was ranged from 8% (S. galauca) to 24% (O. sativa) and ADF from 37.8% (O. sativa) to
67.45% (S. galauca). Gas produced from fermentable fraction (b) and the potential gas production (a+b) were
significantly (p<0.01) higher in D. glomerata 68.53 and 63.85 mL, respectively, 66.09 and 63.39 mL,
respectively for O. sativa and 49.5 and 47.4 mL, respectively for S. galauca. This is due to their high content
of CP and low content of ADF. Therefore, according to the potential gas production performance D. glomerata
were ranked higher than the two other plants. The higher values obtained for the potential gas production in the
D. glomerata and O. sativa will indicate a better nutrient availability for rumen microorganisms. Most of
chemical compositions were significantly correlated with gas production characteristics, ash and ADF were
correlated negatively with gas produced from fermentable part fraction (b) and the potential gas production
(a+b), while CP and ash were correlated positively but EE and ADF were correlated negatively.
Key words: Chemical analysis, gas production, nutritive value, range plant, , ,
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Hamid Reza Gharehshekhlou, Behrouz Rasouli, Ali Ahmad Ghotbi and Bahram Amiri, . Forage Quality Analysis of Dactylic glomerata, Onobrychis sativa and Setaria galauca in North of Iran by Different Methods. Research Journal of Applied Sciences, Engineering and Technology, (13): 1962-1966.
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