Abstract
This research was carried out to determine quality properties of some pasture plant species. In this research, 10 different pasture plant species were used as materials which were collected from Diyarbakir pasture areas of Turkey. At the end of research, quality properties of pasture plants were ranged from lowest to highest for average dry matter 11.5-30.9%, average crude protein 12.6-26.6%, crude ash 5.5-21.2%, acid detergent fiber 22.0-43.0%, neutral detergent fiber 20.5-56.1%, digestible dry matter 55.4-71.8%, dry matter intake 2.1-5.9% and relative feed value 90.2-327.0. Among the pasture plants studied, higher crude protein level than averages of species following plants may have importance, respectively: Centaurea iberica, Sinapsis arvensis, Convolvulus arvensis, Rumex conglomeratus, Crambe orientalis, Amaranthus retroflexus, Polygonum aviculare, Anchusa strigosa and Malva neglecta. For relative feed value has been remarked: Sinapsis arvensis, Rumex conglomeratus, Amaranthus retroflexus, Crambe orientalis, Centaurea iberica and Hypecoum imberbe.
Highlights
There were a lot of plants in natural pasture areas
The highest dry matter (DM), crude protein (CP), crude ash (CA), Acid detergent fiber (ADF), neutral detergent fiber (NDF), Digestible dry matter (DDM), dry matter intake (DMI) and relative feed value (RFV) values were obtained from Achillea biebersteinii (30.9%), Centaurea iberica (26.6%), Amaranthus retroflexus (21.2%), Anchusa strigosa (43%), Anchusa strigosa (56.1%), Rumex conglomeratus (71.8%), Sinapsis arvensis (5.9%) and Sinapsis arvensis (327.0%), respectively
The lowest values were obtained from Anchusa strigosa (11.5%), Achillea biebersteinii (12.6%), Convolvulus arvensis (5.5%), Rumex conglomeratus (22.0%), Sinapsis arvensis (20.5%), Anchusa strigosa (55.4%), Anchusa strigosa (2.1%) and Anchusa strigosa (90.2%), respectively
Summary
There were a lot of plants in natural pasture areas. These plants have important role in feeding of animals. Average dry matter (DM), crude protein (CP), crude ash (CA), acid detergent fiber (ADF), neutral detergent fiber (NDF), digestible dry matter (DDM), dry matter intake (DMI) and relative feed value (RFV) contents of all investigated plants were obtained as follows; 18.9, 21.6, 14.0, 29.5, 32.0, 65.9, 4.1 and 215.3%, respectively (Tab. 2). The highest DM, CP, CA, ADF, NDF, DDM, DMI and RFV values were obtained from Achillea biebersteinii (30.9%), Centaurea iberica (26.6%), Amaranthus retroflexus (21.2%), Anchusa strigosa (43%), Anchusa strigosa (56.1%), Rumex conglomeratus (71.8%), Sinapsis arvensis (5.9%) and Sinapsis arvensis (327.0%), respectively.
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