Maria  Del S. Alvarado, Humberto  Gonzalez-Rodriguez, Roque  G. Ramirez-Lozano, Israel  Cantu-Silva, Marco  V. Gomez-Meza, Mauricio  Cotera-Correa, Enrique  Jurado-Ybarra, Tilo  G. Dominguez-Gomez, 
    Chemical Composition and Digestion of Shurbs Browsed by White-Tailed Deer (<i>Odocoileus virginianus</i> Texanus),
    Journal of Animal and Veterinary Advances,
    Volume 11,Issue 23,
    2012,
    Pages 4428-4434,
    ISSN 1680-5593,
    javaa.2012.4428.4434,
    (https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=javaa.2012.4428.4434)
    Abstract: The aim of the study was to determine, seasonally, the nutritional 
  value of the native shrubs: <I>Acacia amentacea</I>, <I>Castela erecta</I>, 
  <I>Celtis pallida</I>, <I>Croton cortesianus</I>, <I>Forestiera angustifolia</I>, 
  <I>Karwinskia humboldtiana</I>, <I>Lantana macropoda</I>, <I>Leucophyllum frutescens</I>, 
  <I>Prosopis laevigata</I>, <I>Syderoxylon celastrinum</I> and <I>Zanthoxylum 
  fagara</I>. Leave samples were collected seasonally during 2 years from Summer 
  2004 to Spring 2006 in three county sites: China, Linares and Los Ramones in 
  the state Nuevo Leon, Mexico and evaluated for the content of their Crude Protein 
  (CP), Neutral Detergent Fiber (NDF) and Acid Detergent Lignin (ADL). Dry Matter 
  Digestibility (DMD) was also estimated. The CP content (range of total means 
  = 13-22% dry matter) in most plants significantly varied among sites and seasons 
  and between years. The same pattern occurred for NDF (40-55), ADL (8-22) and 
  DMD (48-73). <I>Celtis pallida</I> had the highest nutritional value. However, 
  due to their high CP and DMD and low NDF and ADL all studied plants in all sites, 
  most seasons and years may be considered as good food sources for white-tailed 
  deer.
    Keywords: Native shrubs;chemical composition;dry matter digestibility;CP;NDF;ADL