R.  Soriano-Robles, L.  Arias, C.E.  Gonzalez-Esquivel, E.  Sanchez, 
    Chemical Composition and <I>In vitro</I> Digestibility of Fodder Trees and 
  Shrubs Consumed by Goats in the Low Mixteca Region of Oaxaca, Mexico,
    Research Journal of Biological Sciences,
    Volume 9,Issue 2,
    2014,
    Pages 92-97,
    ISSN 1815-8846,
    rjbsci.2014.92.97,
    (https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=rjbsci.2014.92.97)
    Abstract: The aim of this study was to evaluate the potential for animal 
  nutrition of leaves and pods of fodder trees and shrubs consumed by goats, according 
  to their chemical composition, cell walls and <I>in vitro</I> digestibility. 
  Plants of the genera Acacia (<I>A. cymbispina</I> Sprague, <I>A. farnesiana</I>, 
  <I>A. couteri</I> Benth, <I>A. Milibekii</I>), Mimosa (<I>M</I>. sp., <I>M. 
  pudica</I>, <I>M. fasciculata</I>), Quercus and Prosopis (<I>P. laevigata</I>) 
  in the municipality of Cosoltepec, Oaxaca, Mexico were evaluated. A total of 
  22 trees were identified and collected in 2 years in the Summer and Winter. 
  In Summer, the minimum value of protein was 61.9 g kg<SUP>-1</SUP> DM, the species 
  that presented the highest was <I>Mimosa</I> sp., containing 243.8 g kg<SUP>-1</SUP> 
  DM. Crude protein in the Winter time followed the same trend as in Summer, the 
  minimum value corresponded to <I>Hymenqea coubaril</I> protein, 61.3 g kg<SUP>-1</SUP> 
  DM, the highest value refers to <I>Mimosa</I> sp., with a value of 225.3 g kg<SUP>-1</SUP> 
  DM. The Summer IVDNDF ranged from 328.8-683.5 g kg<SUP>-1</SUP> DM, the highest 
  value corresponds to <I>Eysenhartia polystachya</I> family Fabaceae. In the 
  Winter time ranged from 252.8-683.3 g kg<SUP>-1</SUP> DM, a 11.76% of the studied 
  species had values above 60%, <I>Liquidambar styraciflua</I> of the family Hamameliceae 
  and <I>Cassia pringlei</I> of Leguminoseae family. Pods had a minimum of 120 
  g crude protein kg<SUP>-1</SUP> DM and in the case of <I>A. farnesiana</I>, 
  <I>P. Laevigata</I> and <I>Pithecellobium dulce</I> exceed the IVDNDF at 600 
  g kg<SUP>-1</SUP> DM. It is concluded that based on its chemical composition, 
  the tree is a potential resource for goat silvopastoral production in the Mixteca 
  region.
    Keywords: gold;SEM;Salvia;Mericarp;gold