Nutritional properties of some browse species used as goat feed in Pastoral dry lands, Uganda
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Date
2020
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Agroforestry Systems
Abstract
The nutritional properties of leaves of ten browse species commonly used as goat feed in
pastoral drylands of Uganda were evaluated by determining their chemical composition and in vitro
gas production. Dry matter (DM) content ranged between 896 and 914 g kg-1 DM and was not
significantly different (P[0.05) among the browse species. There was a wide variation in the crude
protein (CP) content of the browse species. The highest CP values were observed in Acacia compylacantha,
Acacia fruiticosa and Acacia senegal, with 365, 247 and 245 g kg-1 DM respectively, while the
lowest was observed in Ganisa similis (150 g kg-1 DM). The NDF values were highest in A. senegal
(343 g kg-1 DM) and lowest in A. compylacantha (151 g kg-1 DM). There was no significant difference (P[0.05) in the gas kinetics and total volume of gas produced by the browse species.
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Browse species, Pastoral, Drylands, Nutritive value, Goats
Citation
Nsubuga, D., Nampanzira, D. K., Masembe, C., & Muwanika, V. B. (2020). Nutritional properties of some browse species used as goat feed in Pastoral dry lands, Uganda. Agroforestry Systems, 94(3), 933-940.https://doi.org/10.1007/s10457-019-00452-x(0123456789().,-volV() 0123458697().,-volV)