This study aimed to assess the chemical responses of forage watermelon fruit at different maturity stages or storage lengths, performing two experimental tests. In first test, four were assessed: 30, 45, 60, and 75 days after anthesis, with replicates. second fruits maintained under three lengths: T1D (harvest day), T3M (3 months harvest), T6M (6 eight Experimental design was completely randomi...

in order to investigate effects of partial replacement of starch with neutral detergent soluble fiber (ndsf) on weekly weight gain, feed intake, feed conversion ratio, digestibility and some histopathological changes of rumen, 16 lambs were used in completely randomized design. the experimental period was 70 days. dietary treatments were 1- control (high starch), 2- beet pulp, 18 percent, 3- be...

Large round or large square hay packages are more likely to heat spontaneously during storage than hay packaged in conventional (45 kg) bales, and the effects of this phenomenon on the associated energy estimates for these hays can be severe. Our objectives for this project were to assess the relationship between estimates of total digestible nutrients (TDN) and spontaneous heating and to descr...

Evaluating the nutritional value of indigenous shrubs, trees and browse plants is important in Ethiopian situation where availability and quality of forages severely limited during long and dry seasons. A comparative assessment was thus conducted to investigate the nutrient compositions and feeding values of M. stenopetala and M. oleifera leaves. Feed samples were analyzed for proximate nutrien...

The purpose was to evaluate the effect of extruded roughage Foragge® with different additives on intake, digestibility nutrients and nitrogen balance sheep. Twenty adults, non-pregnant ewes average weight 68 kg were used. treatments (essential oil, virginiamycin, unpurified inactive yeast, tannin purified yeast). design in randomized blocks. means contrasted by SNK test, fecal score tested Krus...

Salinity is a major abiotic stress for crop production in many parts of the world. To evaluate the effects of irrigation with saline water on growth parameters and forage quality of globe artichoke (Cynara cardunculus var. scolymus), a field experiment was conducted using a randomized complete block design with three replications at Isfahan Agricultural and Natural Resources Research and Educat...

The near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) combined with modified partial least squares (modified PLS) regression was used for determining the neutral detergent fiber (NDF) and acid (ADF) fractions of chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) seed. Fifty accessions (24 desi 26 kabuli types) fifty recombinant inbred lines F5:6 derived from a × cross were evaluated NDF ADF, scanned by NIRS. ADF values regressed a...