Chemical composition, in vitro gas production and digestibility of different parts of melon plant (cucumis melo L.) | ||
| علوم و فنون دامپروری | ||
| Article 1, Volume 7, Issue 28, December 2018, Pages 3-12 PDF (1.2 M) | ||
| DOI: 10.22092/aasrj.2018.116858.1134 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Mohsen Kazemi* 1; Elias Ibrahimi Khorram Abadi1; Reza Valizadeh2; Abdoul Mansour Tahmasbi3 | ||
| 1Assistant professor, Department of Animal Science, Higher Education Complex of Torbat-e Jam, Torbat-e Jam, Iran | ||
| 2Professor, Department of Animal science, College of Agriculture, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran | ||
| 34Professor, Department of Animal science, College of Agriculture, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran | ||
| Abstract | ||
| A study was conducted to determine the nutritional value of different parts of melon (50 days after planting) plant (cucumis melo L.) including leaf, whole plant, flower and immature fruit compared to whole alfalfa (as control) with gas production and common laboratory techniques in a completely randomized design. The range of dry matter, crude protein, ash, acid detergent fiber, neutral detergent fiber and crude fat for different parts of the melon plant were 3.71-11.06, 16.34-23.64, 8.43-20.02, 12.50-18.24, 16.83-23.67 and 1.20-2.54% of DM respectively. No significant difference was found for the gas production potential (bgas) among alfalfa, immature fruit and flower of melon (79.29, 76.58 and 76.12 ml, respectively), but the highest rate of gas production (cgas), metabolisable energy, net energy for lactation, short chain fatty acids, organic matter digestibility and microbial protein yield belonged to immature melon fruit. Also, the highest dry matter intake, relative feed quality (RFV) and relative forage quality (RFQ) were related to immature melon fruit. Among the treatments, the highest VFA was related to immature melon and the lowest NH3-N in the culture medium was related to flower and fruit of melon respectively. Also, the lowest pH of the culture medium was related to immature fruit. The results indicated that each of the different parts of the melon had a fairly good nutritional value compared to alfalfa, although it seems that immature fruit has a higher nutritional value for livestock among different parts, and more research on the livestock will need to prove the results. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Melon; Alfalfa; Nutritional value; Chemical composition; Gas production | ||
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