Vol. 7, Issue 1 (2019)
Chemical composition and in-vitro nutrient digestibility of dimoru (Ficus glomerata) fodder tree leaves of Assam
Author(s): Gautomi Dutta, Robin Bhuyan, Bibeka Nanda Saikia, Adib Haque and Shantanu Tamuly
Abstract: An experiment was conducted to study the nutrient composition and in-vitro nutrient digestibility of Dimoru (Ficus glomerata) fodder tree leaf of Assam. The nutrient composition and in-vitro nutrient digestibility were studied in two different seasons i.e. summer and winter and at two different regions i.e. plains and hills. The average CP content of Dimoru (Ficus glomerata) leaves in plain region was 14.00% and in hills region was 13.32% irrespective of the season and in summer it was 13.95% and 13.37% in winter irrespective of the region. The average IVDMD of Dimoru (Ficus glomerata) leaves was 70.69% and 68.83% for plains and hills respectively whereas the IVDMD was 73.83% and 65.70% in summer and winter respectively irrespective of the region which was significantly higher in the summer season. The average IVOMD was found to be 76.35% and 78.00% in plains and hills respectively irrespective of the season whereas it was 79.56% and 74.79% in summer and winter respectively irrespective of the region which was significantly higher in the summer season. From the chemical composition and nutrient digestibility, it was observed that Dimoru (Ficus glomerata) fodder leaves have both nutritional value and can be fed to the livestock during fodder shortage and scarcity period.
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Gautomi Dutta, Robin Bhuyan, Bibeka Nanda Saikia, Adib Haque, Shantanu Tamuly. Chemical composition and in-vitro nutrient digestibility of dimoru (Ficus glomerata) fodder tree leaves of Assam. Int J Chem Stud 2019;7(1):1550-1552.
