Division of Animal Nutrition, ICAR Reasearch Complex for North Eastern Hill Region, Umroi Road, Barapani, Meghalaya-793103, India
*Present address Principal Scientist, NARP, Krishi Anusandhan Bhawan, Pusa, Now Delhi-1i0012, India
Online published on 5 January, 2012.
Fresh Exbucklandia (Symingtonia populnea) leaves were fed aa libitum to S adult nono producing Black Bengal goats (18-24m, 16.2±2.46kg) for 26 d. The voluntary DM intake was 2.24±0.22kg/100kg body weight. Kxbucklandia leaves contained 2.53±0.44 percent DCPand 64.97+1.97 percent TDN on DM basis. The voluntary intake of DM, DCP and P was not sufficient to meet the maintenance needs of goats.
