Nutritive value of Ficus religiosa in West African dwarf goats

Bamikole, M. A.; Babayemi, O. J.; Arigbede, O. M.; Ikhatua, U. J.

doi:10.1016/s0377-8401(03)00059-2

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“…The same trend was observed in nitrogen retention values with higher values in the F. polita and P. maximum mixture diets reflecting the potential of F. polita to enhance N‐utilization. Values obtained in this study were higher than values observed in goats fed varying proportions of Ficus religiosa and P. maximum (Bamikole et al., 2003) and those fed Leucaena supplemented Chloris gayana hay (Mtenga and Shoo, 1990).…”

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confidence: 84%

“…The proximate composition of F. polita showed that it has good nutrient profile. The CP content of F. polita was consistent with that of Ficus thonningii (Bamikole et al., 2004b), Ficus exasperata (Oji et al., 2002), Ficus sycomorus (Maigandi and Wasagu, 2002) and Ficus religiosa (Bamikole et al., 2003). Ficus polita could be used as a forage supplement to poor quality grass because of its high CP and low NDF contents as in relation to P. maximum .…”

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confidence: 64%

“…Ficus species are epiphytic shrubs, from the moraceae family and characterized by their roots growing from their branches (Keay et al., 1969). There are more than 50 species of Ficus and of which Ficus religiosa and Ficus thonningii had been used as forage for ruminants (Bamikole et al., 2003, 2004b). There is scanty information on the nutritional value of F. polita as forage for small ruminants in Nigeria.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Replacement effects of Panicum maximum with Ficus polita on performance of West African dwarf goats

Abegunde¹,

Akinsoyinu²

2011

Journal of Animal Physiology and Animal Nutrition

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The replacement value of Ficus polita for Panicum maximum was evaluated on 32 female post-weaned West African dwarfs goats. Ficus polita was fed with P. maximum at different proportions of 0:90 (F. polita:P. maximum), 30:60, 60:30 and 90:0 constituting diets 1, 2, 3 and 4 respectively. Each diet was supplemented with 10% cassava peels. Dry matter intake per kg metabolic weight of goats was not significantly (p> 0.05) influenced by the dietary treatments. However, crude protein intake per kg metabolic weight was higher (p < 0.05) in animals fed 60% and 90%F. polita than those fed sole P. maximum diet. Daily weight gain of goats fed diet 3 (60%F. polita) was higher (p < 0.05) (27.3 g) than those fed diets 4 (18.9 g), 2 (20.8 g) and the control (6.6 g). Dry matter (DM), organic matter, crude protein (CP) and neutral detergent fibre digestibilities were higher (p < 0.05) in goats fed 60%F. polita than those fed other diets, except for DM digestibility which was statistically similar to diets 2 and 4 but higher than those fed diet 1 without F. polita. Organic matter and CP digestibility were highest (72.0 and 65.7% respectively) in animals fed 60%F. polita. Nitrogen retention of goats fed 60%F. polita (diet 3) was higher (p < 0.05) than that obtained with other diets. The results suggest that feeding combination of F. polita and P. maximum at ratio 60:30 respectively has associative effects that can enhance growth rate, feed intake, nutrients digestibility and nitrogen utilization for goat production during dry season in the tropics.

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Replacement effects of Panicum maximum with Ficus polita on performance of West African dwarf goats

Abegunde¹,

Akinsoyinu²

2011

Journal of Animal Physiology and Animal Nutrition

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“…Cocoa by‐products (Aregheore 2002) analyzed lower contents of K, Na and Mg than we have obtained in this study. Beside PPF, the Ca concentrations in both PCL and POS were also lower than the value obtained in Ficus religiosa (Bamikole et al . 2003) and cocoa by‐products (Aregheore 2002).…”

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confidence: 63%

Chemical composition and in sacco dry matter degradability of residue and by‐products of palm fruit processing in the rumen of steers

Bamikole

Babayemi

2008

Animal Science Journal

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The nutritive value of residue (palm calyx leaves (PCL)) and by‐products (palm press fiber (PPF) and palm oil sludge (POS)) of palm fruit processing were studied through analysis of their chemical components and degradability of their dry matter (DM) in the rumen of steers. Chemical analysis showed that the materials have similar organic matter components (mean = 95.2%), while crude protein (CP, g/100 g) and metabolisable energy (ME, MJ/kg DM) were highest in POS (10.02 and 9.43), followed by PPF (7.02 and 8.61) and least in PCL (5.42 and 8.04). An opposite trend of CP and ME was noticed in NDF and ADF contents, being 61.53 and 49.11% in PCL, 44.84 and 32.08% in PPF and 25.35 and 20.29% in POS. Mineral contents showed that PPF and POS had the lowest and highest concentration, respectively, of Mg (0.07 vs. 0.11%), Cu (58.5 vs. 143.9 mg/kg) and Fe (1374.5 vs. 4086.0 mg/kg). Dry matter degradation characteristics and effective degradability varied significantly (P < 0.05) and were consistently highest in POS and least in PCL. Results have generally shown that the residue and by‐products could be ranked for their potential feeding value as POS > PPF > PCL. It is concluded that POS and PPF can be harnessed directly as feed resources for ruminant animals, while PCL will require some treatments to enhance its nutritive value in ruminants.

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“…The leaves are rich in minerals like, calcium, phosphorous, iron, copper, manganese, magnesium, zinc, potassium and sodium (Desai al., 1980;Williamson and Hooper, 2002;Niranjan et al, 2007). A variety of proteins and carbohydrates are present in the leaves, making them a good fodder (Bhadauria et al, 2002;Bamikole et al, 2003).…”

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confidence: 99%