TY  - JOUR
T1  - Forage from the Canary Isles (Spain) Adapted to Arid Lands
AU - , S. Alvarez AU - , P. Mendez AU - , C. Diaz AU - , H. Briggs AU - , M. Fresno 
JO  - Journal of Animal and Veterinary Advances
VL  - 7
IS  - 3
SP  - 359
EP  - 363
PY  - 2008
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1680-5593
DO  - javaa.2008.359.363
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=javaa.2008.359.363
KW  - Saltbush
KW  -Rumex lunaria
KW  -forage
KW  -nutritive value
KW  -goat
AB  - The diets of Canarian goats are severely deficient in the ratio of long fibre to concentrates; basically this is because the production of forage is very scarce in the Canary Isles. The present study was carried out to determine the nutritive value of 3 different kinds of forage adapted to arid and semi-arid conditions. The first was vinagrera (<I>Rumex lunaria</I>), an endemic shrub and the other 2, atriplex and barley (<I>Atriplex halimus</I> and <I>Hordeum vulgare</I>), are well known as forages adapted to arid land. The vinagrera had a high Crude Protein (CP) content (129 g kg <SUP>1</SUP> DM) with an acceptable intake (33 g kg <SUP>1</SUP> P<SUP>0.75</SUP>) and energy value (8.4 MJ ME) whilst Atriplex showed a high fibre content (352 g kg <SUP>1</SUP> DM), low intake (17 g kg <SUP>1</SUP> DM) and an energy value of 6.8 MJ ME. Barley hay had 8.2 MJ ME, this being an acceptable value for a cereal-hay.
ER  -