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Supplementation improved milk yields and<br />
supplementation with water melon seeds or Table 4. In vtro organic matter diiestibility<br />
Acacia tortilis pods yielded similar amounts of (VOMD) 0' diffrent components of<br />
milk as with 1 kg of sunflower seed cake. Cenchrus acacia ciliaris pods, hay water and sunflower melons,<br />
Based on the report by Tanner et al (1990) seed cake.<br />
who observed considerable amounts (46%) of<br />
intact (undigested) Acacia tortilis seeds in the Feed IVOMD (%)<br />
faeces of sheep supplemented with unground Acacia tortilisseeds 86.4<br />
pods, the project routinely ground the whole Acaca albidaseeds 94.3<br />
acacias pods. Water-melon seeds 52.0<br />
Nutrilive value of browse Sunflower seed cake 56.1<br />
Cons;Jerable information iz. available on the Cenchrusciiaris 61.0<br />
potential contribution of the introduced legu- Acacia tortils empty pods 59.7<br />
minous species such as Leucaena leucocephala<br />
(NAS, 1977; Jones, 1979) and Gliricidiasepium Acaca albida empty pods 88.2<br />
Table 5. Insacco degradability of different components ofAcacia pods, water melon seeds, sunfiowe;<br />
seed cake and Cenchrus ciliarts hay after different Incubation times.<br />
In sac.,o degradabillty, %of DM<br />
Feed<br />
Acacia tortifisseeds<br />
6<br />
25.1<br />
12<br />
38.0<br />
Incubation time (hours)<br />
18 24<br />
50.2 58.5<br />
48<br />
75.4<br />
72<br />
80.P<br />
Acacia albida seeds<br />
Watermalon seeds<br />
Cenchrus ciliadshay<br />
Sunflower seed cake<br />
A ofos empty pods<br />
A.albida emptypods<br />
48.2<br />
39.2<br />
22.9<br />
37.6<br />
42.2<br />
50.1<br />
NA<br />
41.5<br />
34.6<br />
44.7<br />
50.8<br />
59.4<br />
75.9<br />
44.1<br />
38.8<br />
44.6<br />
5/.5<br />
66.7<br />
85.5<br />
44.9<br />
45.4<br />
47.2<br />
60.4<br />
69.9<br />
NA<br />
44.5<br />
54.5<br />
47.6<br />
eM.2<br />
70.5<br />
93<br />
45.3<br />
61.1<br />
47.9<br />
65.1<br />
69.9<br />
Figur 1. Effect ofsupplementation with Acacia pods, water melon seed meal and sunflowerseed cake<br />
on rumen NH3-N of a steer on Conchrus ciliaris-based diet<br />
30 '<br />
20<br />
NH3-N (mg/100 ml)<br />
. %<br />
% ".• Water melon SM<br />
"'" • .. ".....Sunflower SC<br />
- .. . ''...".Acacia pod<br />
10 lO5<br />
20<br />
Time (hours)<br />
207<br />
...... Control