Original scientific paper
THE EFFECT OF SUPPLEMENTATION OF ATRIPLEX HALIMUS WITH EITHER SALVIA OFFICINALIS OR ROSMARINUS OFFICINALIS ON ITS IN VITRO DRY MATTER DIGESTIBILITY
Ibrahim S. Milad
; Omer Al-Mukhtar University, Faculty of Agriculture, E-Bieda, Libya
Fowad Akraim
orcid.org/0000-0002-7293-2419
; Faculty of Agriculture, Omar Al-Mukhtar University, Libya
A. Al - Zahaff
Abstract
A study was conducted to investigate the effect of supplementation of Atriplex halimus with dried powders of aromatic plants on its in vitro dry matter digestibility. 400± 5 mg of dried Atriplex samples were incubated for 12 or 24 hours with buffered rumen liquor from sheep and supplemented with 100 mg of either Salvia officinalis or Rosmarinus officinalis. The result of this study demonstrated that the in vitro dry matter digestibility of A. halimus was 48.4% and 58.9% after the incubation for 12 or 24 hr respectively. Supplementation of this stuff with S. officinalis resulted in a significant reduc¬tion (P < 0.05) in vitro DMD (44.7 and 51.6%). The same trend was observed with the addition of R. officinalis to the A. halimus samples (44.8 and 532%). It would therefore appear that, the supplements used in the current study may have a negative effect on the in vitro dry matter digestibility of A. halimus.
Keywords
Atriplex halimus; aromatic plants; in vitro dry matter digestibility
Hrčak ID:
92966
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Publication date:
20.11.2012.
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