Guanyu  Hou, Tieshan  Xu, Xuejuan  Zi, Mao  Li, Hanlin  Zhou, 
    Nutritive Value of Several Tropical Legume Shrubs in Hainan Province of China,
    Journal of Animal and Veterinary Advances,
    Volume 10,Issue 13,
    2011,
    Pages 1640-1648,
    ISSN 1680-5593,
    javaa.2011.1640.1648,
    (https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=javaa.2011.1640.1648)
    Abstract: The aim of this experiment was to evaluate the nutritive value of tropical legume shrub species <I>Cratylia argentea</I>, <I>Leucaena leucocephala</I>, <I>Flemingia macrophylla</I>, <I>Cajanus cajan</I>, <I>Dendrolobium triangular</I>, <I>Cassia didymobotrya</I>, <I>Cassia bicapsularis </I>and<I> Acacia farnesiana</I> in Hainan province, China based on their chemical compositions and <I>in vitro</I> Gas Production (GP). The Crude Protein (CP) contents of legume shrubs ranged from 13.43% (<I>D. triangulare</I>) to 18.44% (<I>C. argentea</I>). The Acid Detergent Fiber (ADF) and Neutral Detergent Fiber (NDF) contents varied between 20.73% (<I>S. didymobotrya</I>) to 48.61% (<I>D. triangulare</I>) and 21.11% (<I>S. didymobotrya</I>) to 55.27% (<I>D. triangulare</I>), respectively. The Total Tannins (TT) ranged from 0.78% (<I>C. argentea</I>) to 2.67% (<I>A. farnesiana</I>). The Relative Feed Values (RFV) of tropical legume shrubs ranged from 85.9% (<I>D. triangula</I>) to 321% (<I>C. didymobotrya</I>). GP of tropical legume shrubs was determined 0, 3, 6, 12, 24, 48, 72 and 96 h after incubation and their kinetics were described using the equation y = a+b(1 - exp<SUP>-ct</SUP>). The calculated <I>in vitro</I> Dry Matter Degradability (IVDMD), Organic Matter Digestibility (OMD) and Metabolizable Energy (ME) ranged from 36.91% (<I>D. triangulare</I>) to 79.30%<I> C. bicapsularis</I>), 40.70% (<I>F. macrophylla</I>) to 72.70% (<I>C. bicapsularis</I>), 5.41 MJ kg<SUP>-1</SUP> (<I>D. triangulare</I>) to 11.26 MJ kg<SUP>-1</SUP> (<I>C. bicapsularis</I>), respectively.
    Keywords: organic matter digestibility;in vitro dry matter degradability;in vitro gas production;relative feed value;Chemical composition;metabolizable energy