Chemical characterization and in vitro methane production of selected agroforestry plants as dry season feeding of ruminants livestock

The vagaries in climatic changes disrupt the prevailing weather conditions leading to temperature extremes and protracted rainfall pattern which subsequently affect the quality of forages. Ruminant animals had been implicated as a major source of enteric methane production to the greenhouse effect....

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Published in:Agroforestry systems 2020-08, Vol.94 (4), p.1481-1489
Main Authors: Yusuf, A. O., Egbinola, O. O., Ekunseitan, D. A., Salem, A. Z. M.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Agriculture
Agroforestry
Biomedical and Life Sciences
Chemical composition
Climate change
Dry matter
Dry season
Forage
Forestry
Gas production
Greenhouse effect
Life Sciences
Livestock
Methane
Mineral composition
Nutrient content
Nutrients
Nutritive value
Oil and gas production
Plant species
Rainfall
Variance analysis
Weather
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Summary:The vagaries in climatic changes disrupt the prevailing weather conditions leading to temperature extremes and protracted rainfall pattern which subsequently affect the quality of forages. Ruminant animals had been implicated as a major source of enteric methane production to the greenhouse effect. Grazing on this low-quality forages extends the time of fattening thereby increasing the amount of methane produced. In this case, effort has been shifted to the feeding of agroforestry plants (browse and tree species) which are available all year round with high nutritive profile. Leaves of selected agroforestry plant species Thevetia peruviana (Pers) K. Schum, Piliostigma thonningii (Schumach.) Milne-Redhead , Spondia mombin L. and Newbouldia laevis (P. Beauv.) Seem were harvested, dried, milled and analysed for their chemical constituents, mineral composition, in vitro and methane gas production. Data collected were analysed using one-way analysis of variance. Significant ( p  
ISSN:0167-4366
1572-9680
DOI:10.1007/s10457-019-00480-7