Determination of nutrient contents of local plants used in goat diets in Malaysia

Abdul Rahman, Nur Haizan (2015) Determination of nutrient contents of local plants used in goat diets in Malaysia. [Project Paper] (Submitted)

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Abstract

In Malaysia, many small holder goat farmers integrate local plants such as Balik Angin (Mallotus sp) and Lebar Daun (Macaranga sp) which are readily and freely available in the wild, into the total feed ration of livestock animals. Apart from reducing the dependence on expensive conventional feedstuff, the local plants are also continuously available even during rough seasons. One particular farm under the Faculty’s “Ladang Angkat” program which had opted this practice was selected as the model farm for the study. The local plants were collected at the locations selected by the farm workers while the Napier grass was harvested from the farm’s pasture. Balik Angin, Lebar Daun and Napier grass were classed individually and labeled as BA, LD and N respectively, mixture of Balik Angin and Lebar Daun were labeled as MX while mixture of all the three forages were marked as MW. Proximate analysis was done to determine the dry matter (DM), ash, crude fibre (CFi), crude fat (CFa) as well as crude protein (CP) values of each diet. Nutrition content of forages can be affected by soil quality, age and pasture management. Results obtained revealed that there was significant differences (P < 0.05) on all the nutrient contents amongst all samples against Napier grass except for ash. Also, Balik Angin has the highest DM, ash and CFa contents, Lebar Daun has the highest CP but fewest ash and CFi, MW has the highest CFi but fewest DM and CFa while MX has the fewest CP. Thus, by obtaining the nutritive values of the forages, a better feed formulation which contain adequate nutrients for the livestock animal consumption particularly on forage based diet could be done.

Item Type:	Project Paper
Faculty:	Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
Depositing User:	Ms Siti Mariam Giman
Date Deposited:	16 Nov 2022 07:34
Last Modified:	16 Nov 2022 07:34
URI:	http://psaspb.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/385

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