Author/Authors :
gürsoy, esra il gıda, tarım ve hayvancılık müdürlüğü, Erzincan, Turkey , macit, muhlis atatürk üniversitesi - ziraat fakültesi - zootekni bölümü, rzurum, Turkey
Abstract :
This study was carried out to determine the chemical composition, dry matter consumption (DMC), drymatter digestibilities (DMD) and relative feed values (RFV) of some legume forages grown naturally inthe pastures of Erzurum province. Clover, (Medicago sativa), mountain hispanic sainfoin (Hedysarumelegans), crossbred clover (Medicago varia), bird vetch (Vicia cracca), mountain vetch (Vicia alpestris),hairy vetch (Vicia villosa), mountain clover (Trifolium montanum), the three-headed clover (Trifoliumtrichocephalum), caucasian clover (Trifolium ambiguum), the crown of the eastern horn of grass(Coronilla orientatis), tawny grass crown (Coronilla varia) and yellow flowers gazelle (Lotuscorniculatus) were investigated in present study.Significant differences were observed among the legume forages in terms of dry matter (DM), crude ash(CA), ether extract (EE), crude protein (CP), organic matter (OM), ADF, NDF, ADL and RFV(P 0.01). The DMD, DMC and RFV of legume forages were determined as 60.92-73.26 %, 2.46-3.90% and 116.69-221.18 respectively.The results from the present study showed that forages which were rich in EE, CP, CA and poor inNDF, ADF and ADL had satisfactory results in terms of DMC, DMD and RFV properties.
