Nutritional assessment of Setaria sphacelata and Cleome gynandra as potential for ruminant feed

Nurul Aini Kamaruddin, . and Nur Adilah Mohd Hanafee, . and Najihah Ali, . and Liew Serene, . and Nur Yuhanis Yasin, . Nutritional assessment of Setaria sphacelata and Cleome gynandra as potential for ruminant feed. pp. 198-203. ISSN 2180-1983

Setaria sphacelata is a high and most prevalent tropical grass while Cleome gynandrous a tropical annual herb which commonly used as vegetables in Africa and Asia. Both plant samples were found to be high in nutritive value especially in protein and very appetizing in ruminants. The main objectives of the study were to measure and compare the nutritional composition of Setaria sphacelata and Cleome gynandra as a function of their nutritional value for ruminants. The two plant samples were collected near the Tembila area Besut Terengganu. The samples were dried in a furnace below 60 -70 C and crushed prior to further analysis using proximate analysis. Proximate analysis was used to measure values for moisture dry matter (DM) ash crude protein (CP) crude fibre (CF) ether extract (EF) and nitrogen-free extract (NFE). The result of this analysis shows that Cleome gynandra had much higher crude protein (CP) (p 0.05) at 36.86 and ether extract (EF) at 5.50.Crude protein (CP) is one of the most essential nutrients that ruminants need. Therefore this study found that Cleome gynandra contains a higher nutritional value in terms of crude protein (CP) than Setaria sphacelate which can be used as a feed for ruminants.

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Abstract

Setaria sphacelata is a high and most prevalent tropical grass while Cleome gynandrous a tropical annual herb which commonly used as vegetables in Africa and Asia. Both plant samples were found to be high in nutritive value especially in protein and very appetizing in ruminants. The main objectives of the study were to measure and compare the nutritional composition of Setaria sphacelata and Cleome gynandra as a function of their nutritional value for ruminants. The two plant samples were collected near the Tembila area Besut Terengganu. The samples were dried in a furnace below 60 -70 C and crushed prior to further analysis using proximate analysis. Proximate analysis was used to measure values for moisture dry matter (DM) ash crude protein (CP) crude fibre (CF) ether extract (EF) and nitrogen-free extract (NFE). The result of this analysis shows that Cleome gynandra had much higher crude protein (CP) (p 0.05) at 36.86 and ether extract (EF) at 5.50.Crude protein (CP) is one of the most essential nutrients that ruminants need. Therefore this study found that Cleome gynandra contains a higher nutritional value in terms of crude protein (CP) than Setaria sphacelate which can be used as a feed for ruminants.

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Item Type:	Article
AGROVOC Term:	Setaria sphacelata
AGROVOC Term:	Grasses
AGROVOC Term:	Herbs (herbaceous plants)
AGROVOC Term:	Nutritional assessment of feeds
AGROVOC Term:	Proximate analysis
AGROVOC Term:	Animal feeding stuffs
AGROVOC Term:	Ruminants
AGROVOC Term:	Proximate composition
AGROVOC Term:	Moisture content
AGROVOC Term:	Dry matter content
Depositing User:	Mr. AFANDI ABDUL MALEK
Last Modified:	24 Apr 2025 00:55
URI:	http://webagris.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/10111

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