CHEMICAL COMPONENT OF SOME LOCAL FEEDS AND RATE OF ORGANIC MATTER DEGRADATION IN ARABI SHEEP RUMEN

Hana,; Y, Asaad; Ayied,; U, Jalal; Youser,; A, Samer

doi:10.33762/bagrs.2010.56622

	CHEMICAL COMPONENT OF SOME LOCAL FEEDS AND RATE OF ORGANIC MATTER DEGRADATION IN ARABI SHEEP RUMEN
Basrah Journal of Agricultural Sciences
Article 1, Volume 23, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-12 PDF (0 K)
DOI: 10.33762/bagrs.2010.56622
Authors
; Asaad Y; ; Jalal U; ; Samer A
Abstract
The current study was carried out on three Arabi rams in a laboratory of the Department of Animal Resources, College of Agriculture, University of Basra for the period from 14/1/2008 to 26/5/2008. The rams have drawn up in digestion cages (1,2x 0,8x 1 m). Rumen fistula were fixed on these rams, Ration, water, minerals and vitamins blocks were given ad libitum. Random samples of 12 feeds were collected from different areas of Al-Hartha and Qarmit-Ali, These feeds were phragmites australis, Typha domingensis, suaeda fruticosa, Imperata cylinrica, paniccm repens, juncos rigidus, salicorina europaea, alhagi maurorum, barley straw, corn cups, alfalfa hay and date palm seeds. All samples were dried, milled (3mm) and chemically analyzed before incubation into the rumen (0 h) and after 6, 12, 18, 24, 48, 72 and 96 h of incubation. Dry matter and all its chemical component degradability were estimated. The results revealed that All feeds showed high level of dry matter content, exceeding 85%, except suaeda fruticosa(41%). Differences in dry matter content among feeds were significant. Feeds showed different values for direct dissolved (a). Reed got lowest value equal to 3,835, which was not differing significantly than that of salicorina and Imperat cylinrica

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