The replacement value of corn silage with wild pistachio (Pistacia khinjuk) leaf in the diet of sheep and its effect on digestibility of fiber and protein

Aminifard, Z.; Chaji, M.; Mohammadabadi, T.

doi:10.22103/jlst.2015.978

The replacement value of corn silage with wild pistachio (Pistacia khinjuk) leaf in the diet of sheep and its effect on digestibility of fiber and protein

Document Type : Research Article (Regular Paper)

Authors

Z. Aminifard

M. Chaji

T. Mohammadabadi

Department of Animal Science, Ramin Agriculture and Natural Resources University of Khouzestan, Ahwaz, Iran.

10.22103/jlst.2015.978

Abstract

The aim of present experiment was to investigate the feeding value of wild pistachio leaf (khinjuk leaf, KL) for Arabi sheep. The digestibility and fermentation of diets containing different amounts of khinjuk (0, 5, 10, 15, 20, 25 and 30%) were measured. Then, the effect of presence of KL in the diet and its tannin content on the digestibility of alfalfa hay (Alfa), wheat straw (WS) and soybean meal (SBM) was studied by gas production (GP) technique. There was significant difference between the digestibility of dry matter (DM) and neutral detergent fiber (NDF) in diets containing KL compared with control (P

Keywords

Arabi sheep

digestion and fermentation

microbial protein

soybean meal

tannin