Digestibility Of Ficus Roxburghd, Castanopsis Indica And Ficus Cunia On Growing Buffalo From Western Hills Of Nepal. / NP Osti ; PB Chapagain ; MR Tiwari    

Public ISBD in Proceedings of the 7th (seventh) National Workshop on Livestock and Fisheries Research, June 22-27, 2007 / Shrestha, B.S.     Title : Digestibility Of Ficus Roxburghd, Castanopsis Indica And Ficus Cunia On Growing Buffalo From Western Hills Of Nepal. Material Type: printed text Authors: NP Osti, Author ; PB Chapagain, Author ; MR Tiwari, Author Pagination: 233-237 p. Languages : English (eng) Abstract: Nine buffalo calves were subjected to three fodder tree species namely; Nimaro (Ficus roxburghii), Dhalne Katus (Castanopsis indica) and Rai Khanyu (Ficus cunia) for digestibility trial during November 27 to December 3, 2005 in Regional Agricultural Research Station (RARS), Lumle, Kaski Nepal. Animals were kept 7 days prior to adaptation for these fodders. Weighed amount of fodder tree leaves including twigs and small branches were fed two times a day and observation on fodder offered, refused and faeces voided were recorded daily. Chemical composition of fresh matter and faeces voided were carried out for dry matter (OM), crude protein (CP), neutral detergent fibre (NDF), acid detergent fibre (ADF), lignin, calcium (Ca) and phosphorous (P). The mean OM content and their dry matter digestibility (DMD) of these three fodder tree species were found 27.86, 46.02, 34.72, 73.21, 65.93 and 71.28 percent respectively. There were strong negative correlations observed between Ca. and CP with fibre fraction (NDF and ADF). The weak correlation was also observed between P and other constituents with respect to digestibility of constituents. From the results, if there could be provision of low fibre content in dry season, the three main nutrients (Ca, P and CP) may easily be absorbed by the animals. Link for e-copy: http://elibrary.narc.gov.np/?r=311 in Proceedings of the 7th (seventh) National Workshop on Livestock and Fisheries Research, June 22-27, 2007 / Shrestha, B.S.     Digestibility Of Ficus Roxburghd, Castanopsis Indica And Ficus Cunia On Growing Buffalo From Western Hills Of Nepal. [printed text] / NP Osti, Author ; PB Chapagain, Author ; MR Tiwari, Author . - [s.d.] . - 233-237 p. Languages : English (eng) Abstract: Nine buffalo calves were subjected to three fodder tree species namely; Nimaro (Ficus roxburghii), Dhalne Katus (Castanopsis indica) and Rai Khanyu (Ficus cunia) for digestibility trial during November 27 to December 3, 2005 in Regional Agricultural Research Station (RARS), Lumle, Kaski Nepal. Animals were kept 7 days prior to adaptation for these fodders. Weighed amount of fodder tree leaves including twigs and small branches were fed two times a day and observation on fodder offered, refused and faeces voided were recorded daily. Chemical composition of fresh matter and faeces voided were carried out for dry matter (OM), crude protein (CP), neutral detergent fibre (NDF), acid detergent fibre (ADF), lignin, calcium (Ca) and phosphorous (P). The mean OM content and their dry matter digestibility (DMD) of these three fodder tree species were found 27.86, 46.02, 34.72, 73.21, 65.93 and 71.28 percent respectively. There were strong negative correlations observed between Ca. and CP with fibre fraction (NDF and ADF). The weak correlation was also observed between P and other constituents with respect to digestibility of constituents. From the results, if there could be provision of low fibre content in dry season, the three main nutrients (Ca, P and CP) may easily be absorbed by the animals. Link for e-copy: http://elibrary.narc.gov.np/?r=311

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