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Chemical composition and in vitro digestibility of nine plant species from Semnan rangeland for camel in Iran

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 November 2017

Armin Towhidi ,
Farnoush Rostami  and
Reza Masoumi
Armin Towhidi*
Affiliation:
Department of Animal Science, Islamic Azad University, Shahre Qods Branch, Shahre Qods, Tehran, Iran
Farnoush Rostami
Affiliation:
Animal Science Research Institute, Ministry of Jahad Keshavarzi, Karaj, Tehran, Iran
Reza Masoumi
Affiliation:
Department of Animal Science, University of Tehran, Karaj, Tehran, Iran
*
Email:atowhidi@ut.ac.ir
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In Iran, Javan (2001) has reported the digestibility some arid rangelands plants by bovine rumen liquor. The determination of in vivo digestibility of wheat straw implies that camel apparently digested poor quality roughages more than cattle and sheep (Cianci et al., 2004). Therefore, It is required to measure the in vitro digestibility of herbages by camel rumen liquor. In province of yazd, nutritive value of 11 different plant species for camel were determined (Towhidi, 2007). The objectives of the current study were to determine 1) the chemical composition, gross energy of the most consuming plant species from rangeland of Semnan province including Seidlitzia rosmarinu, Tamarix tetragyna, Tamarix strica, Halostachys spp, Saudea fruticosa., Alhagi camelorum, Haloxylon ammondendron., Salsola arbescola, Hammada salicornica and, 2) in vitro digestibility of the plants by camel rumen liquor.

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Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Science , Volume 2007 , April 2007 , pp. 233
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Copyright © The British Society of Animal Science 2007

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