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http://dx.doi.org/10.5713/ajas.2004.1663

Seasonal Changes in Nutritive Value of Some Grass Species in West Sumatra, Indonesia  

Evitayani, Evitayani (The United Graduate School of Agriculture Sciences, Tottori University)
Warly, L. (Faculty of Animal Husbandry, Andalas University)
Fariani, A. (Faculty of Agriculture, Sriwijaya University)
Ichinohe, T. (Laboratory of Animal Science, Faculty of Life and Environmental Science, Shimane University)
Fujihara, T. (Laboratory of Animal Science, Faculty of Life and Environmental Science, Shimane University)
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Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences / v.17, no.12, 2004 , pp. 1663-1668 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study was carried out to evaluate the potential nutritive value of commonly found grasses collected at native pasture in West Sumatra, Indonesia during dry and rainy seasons. Variables measured included chemical composition, in vitro digestibility, concentration of Ca, P and Mg, gas production and metabolizable energy (ME) content of the grasses. The results showed that species and season had significant effect on chemical composition and mineral concentration. Crude protein content in the dry season ranged from 6.5% (B. decumbens) to 14.4% (P. maximum) and increased slightly from 7.8% (B. decumbens) to 14. 8% (A. compressus) in the rainy season. Data on fiber fraction showed that grass contained more NDF, ADF and ADL in dry season than in rainy season. Data on mineral concentration showed that C. plectostachyus and P. maximum in dry season had higher Ca than those of other species, while in rainy season P. maximum had highest Ca concentration. In dry season, the DMD varied from 50. 4% (P.purpuphoides) to 59.1% (P. purpureum), while in rainy season ranged from 50.3% (A. gayanus) to 61.8% (P. purpureum). The potential and rate of gas production were significantly (p<0.05) affected by species and season. During dry season, potential of gas production ranged from 21.8 ml/200 mg (A. compressus) to 45.1 ml/200 mg (C. plectostachyus), while in rainy season it varied from 35.6 ml/200 mg (A. gayanus) to 47.5 ml/200 mg (P. purpureum). ME content of grasses varied from 6.0 to 8.3 MJ/kg in dry season and increased slightly from 6.4 to 8.6 MJ/kg in rainy season. Both in dry and rainy seasons, the highest ME content was occurred in P. purpureum and C. plectostachyus. In conclusion, nutritive value of the observed grasses in West Sumatra, Indonesia was relatively higher during rainy season compared with dry season. Pennisetum purpureum and Cynodon plectostachyus had the best nutritive value in both dry and rainy seasons.
Keywords
Dry Season; Wet Season; Grass Species; Nutritive Value;
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