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Studies on Browse Plants in Ghana

II. Digestibility. (c) Digestibility of Antiaris Africana from the Accra Plains, Using Local Cattle as Experimental Animals

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 October 2008

G. L. Mabey  and
R. Rose Innes
G. L. Mabey
Affiliation:
Faculty of Agriculture, University of Ghana, Legon, Accra
R. Rose Innes
Affiliation:
Faculty of Agriculture, University of Ghana, Legon, Accra
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Summary

Digestibility of the herbage of the indigenous tree Antiaris africana was investigated. Digestion coefficients (%) were—organic matter 67, dry matter 64, crude protein 78, crude fibre 39, nitrogen-free extract 74, ether extract 36 and ash 36. Calculated nutritive values were—starch equivalent 23·2 and digestible crude protein 3·7, giving a nutritive ratio of about 1 : 6. The herbage was young and its palatability high.

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Research Article
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Experimental Agriculture , Volume 2 , Issue 1 , January 1966 , pp. 27 - 32
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1966

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