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Studies On Browse Plants in Ghana II. Digestibility, (d) Digestibility Of Grewia Carpinifolia From The Accra Plains, Using Local Cattle As Experimental Animals

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 April 2017

G. L. Mabey  and
R. Rose Innes
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Summary

Digestibility of the palatable indigenous shrub Grewia carpinifolia was investigated. Digestion coefficients (%) were—organic matter 70, dry matter 70, crude protein 78, crude fibre 54, nitrogenfree extract 81, ether extract 13 and ash 52. Calculated nutritive values were—starch equivalent 27.3 and digestible crude protein 5.0, giving a nutritive ratio of about 1 : 5. The material used was moderately young.

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Research Article
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Experimental Agriculture , Volume 2 , Issue 2 , April 1966 , pp. 113 - 117
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1966

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