TY  - JOUR
T1  - Nutritive Value of Several Tropical Legume Shrubs in Hainan Province of China
AU - Hou, Guanyu AU - Xu, Tieshan AU - Zi, Xuejuan AU - Li, Mao AU - Zhou, Hanlin 
JO  - Journal of Animal and Veterinary Advances
VL  - 10
IS  - 13
SP  - 1640
EP  - 1648
PY  - 2011
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1680-5593
DO  - javaa.2011.1640.1648
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=javaa.2011.1640.1648
KW  - organic matter digestibility
KW  -in vitro dry matter degradability
KW  -in vitro gas production
KW  -relative feed value
KW  -Chemical composition
KW  -metabolizable energy
AB  - 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.
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