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nutritive value of mulberry leaves (Morus alba) as a feed supplement for sheep

Tropical animal health and production, 2009-01, Vol.41 (1), p.17-24 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2008 ;Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2009 ;ISSN: 0049-4747 ;EISSN: 1573-7438 ;DOI: 10.1007/s11250-008-9149-y ;PMID: 19052898

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Title:
nutritive value of mulberry leaves (Morus alba) as a feed supplement for sheep
Author: Kandylis, K ; Hadjigeorgiou, I ; Harizanis, P
Subjects: Animal Feed ; Animal Nutritional Physiological Phenomena - physiology ; Animals ; Biomedical and Life Sciences ; Dietary Fiber - administration & dosage ; Dietary Fiber - metabolism ; Dietary Proteins - administration & dosage ; Dietary Proteins - metabolism ; Dietary Supplements ; Digestion ; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug ; Life Sciences ; Male ; Morus - chemistry ; Morus alba ; Mulberry leaves ; Nitrogen - metabolism ; Nitrogen solubility ; Nutritional Requirements ; Nutritive Value ; Original Paper ; Plant Leaves - chemistry ; Plant Proteins - administration & dosage ; Plant Proteins - metabolism ; Protein fractions ; Random Allocation ; sheep ; Sheep - growth & development ; Solubility ; Veterinary Medicine/Veterinary Science ; Zoology
Is Part Of: Tropical animal health and production, 2009-01, Vol.41 (1), p.17-24
Description: A study to determine the nutritive value of mulberry (Morus alba) leaves in sheep diets was conducted. Mulberry leaves contained (g kg⁻¹ on dry matter basis): 163 ash, 201 crude protein, 120 crude fibre, 37 ether extracts, 479 nitrogen-free extracts, 268 neutral detergent fibre, 148 acid detergent fibre, 41 acid detergent lignin, 121 cellulose and 107 hemicellulose, while the in vitro true digestibility of dry matter was 89.8%. The nitrogen (N) solubility, determined using: a) McDougall's buffer, b) 0.02 N sodium hydroxide (NaOH) and c) 0.15 N sodium chloride (NaCl) as solvents, ranged from 11.6 to 14.9% of total N. In addition, the soluble non-protein nitrogen contributed a substantial part of total N (26.1%), the total true protein was 14.4% and the protein fractions evaluated after classical protein fractionation, were: albumins 11.1, globulins 9.7, prolamins 44.1, glutelins 8.5 and insoluble (or structural) proteins 26.6% of total N. In a digestibility trial, where mulberry leaves partially replaced lucerne hay and concentrates in wether sheep diets, there were no significant differences in dry matter, crude protein or crude fibre digestibility of the total diet. It was concluded that mulberry leaves have an appreciable potential as a protein source in sheep feeding.
Publisher: Dordrecht: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands
Language: English
Identifier: ISSN: 0049-4747
EISSN: 1573-7438
DOI: 10.1007/s11250-008-9149-y
PMID: 19052898
Source: MEDLINE
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ProQuest Central

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nutritive value of mulberry leaves (Morus alba) as a feed supplement for sheep

Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2008 ;Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2009 ;ISSN: 0049-4747 ;EISSN: 1573-7438 ;DOI: 10.1007/s11250-008-9149-y ;PMID: 19052898

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