TY  - GEN
T1  - Nutritional assessment of Setaria sphacelata and Cleome gynandra as potential for ruminant feed
A1  - Nurul Aini Kamaruddin
LA  - English
YR  - 2022
UL  - http://discoverylib.upm.edu.my/discovery/Record/oai:http:--agris.upm.edu.my:0-21335
AB  - Setaria sphacelata is a high and most  prevalent tropical grass,  while Cleome gynandrous a tropical annual herb which commonly used as vegetables in Africa and Asia. Both plant samples were found to be high in nutritive value especially in protein and very appetizing in ruminants. The main objectives of the study were to measure and compare the nutritional composition of Setaria sphacelata and Cleome  gynandra as a function of their nutritional value for ruminants. The two plant samples were collected near the Tembila area, Besut Terengganu. The samples were dried in a furnace below 60 -70  ̊C and crushed prior to further analysis using proximate analysis. Proximate analysis was used to measure values for moisture, dry matter (DM), ash, crude protein (CP), crude fibre (CF), ether extract (EF) and nitrogen-free extract (NFE). The result of this analysis shows that Cleome gynandra had much higher crude protein (CP) (p < 0.05) at 36.86% and ether extract (EF) at 5.50%.Crude protein (CP) is one of the most essential nutrients that ruminants need. Therefore, this study found that Cleome gynandra contains a higher nutritional value in terms of crude protein (CP) than Setaria sphacelate, which can be used as a feed for ruminants.
KW  - Setaria sphacelata
KW  - Grasses
KW  - Herbs (herbaceous plants)
KW  - Nutritional assessment of feeds
KW  - Proximate analysis
KW  - Animal feeding stuffs
KW  - Ruminants
KW  - Proximate composition
KW  - Moisture content
KW  - Dry matter content
KW  - Ash content
KW  - Crude protein
KW  - Crude fibre
KW  - Ether extracts
KW  - Nutritional value
ER  -