*National Institute of Animal Nutrition & Physiology, NDRI Campus Adu Godi Post, Banglore, 560 030
Plant Animal Relationship Division, Indian Grassland and Fodder Research Institute, Jhansi-284 003, India
Online published on 29 December, 2011.
Dry matter (DM) and neutral cleterget fibre (NDF) degradability (rate and extent) ofrange grasses (Cenchrus ciliaris, Heteropogon contortus;Sehima nervosum) and ra nge legumes (Stylosanthes hamata, Atylosia scarabaeoids, Lablad purpureas) were determined in rumen fistualted male cattle. In situ DM and NDF disappearance for range legumes were higher (P<0.0S) than those for grasses. However, the extent of DM disappearance was lower in legumes than In grasses. The rate of DM and NDF disappearance was higher (P<0.05) in legumes than in range grasses.
Fibre digestion kinetics, Grasses, Legumes
