 | Abstract 466Chemical composition of some southern Nigeria forage eaten by goats.Mecha,-I; Adegbola,-TA Dep. of Anim. Sci., Nigeria Univ., Nsukka, Nigeria. Browse in Africa [edited by Houerou, H.N. le]. 1980, 303-306; 10 ref. Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; International Livestock Centre for Africa. Data from chemical analyses of 44 spp. are presented. DM was in the range 31.4-34.2%. Mean CP content was higher for trees, shrubs and herbs than for grasses and varied from 10.07% in Mangifera indica to 37.87% in Albizia ferruginea. CF varied from 9.3% in Rauvolfia vomitoria to 40.7% in A. ferruginea. This abstract relates to the following species:
|