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    Nutritive value and Palatability rating of fifteen Selected Indigenous Kenyan Browse Species fed to Small East African Goats.
    (Livestock Research for Rural Development 29 (6) 2017, 2017-06) Ondiek, J. O.; Abdulrazak, S. A.; Njoka, E. N.
    A palatability study was conducted using fifteen indigenous multipurpose tree leaf forages offered to twenty intact male Small East African Goats, 7 to 8 months and 18kg ± 2.1kg. The CP (gkg-1DM) of the best five species were: M. angolensis (321), A. senegal, (249),Z. mucronata, (200), G. bicolor, (196) and A. brevispica, (187). The NDF and ADF contents ranged from 218-601 for A. hockii and A. amara, and 160-462 for A. hockii and A. abyssinica, respectively. The palatability ranking of the forages was in the order: A. tortilis> M. angolensis> B. aegyptiaca> Z. mucronata> A. coriaria> A. Senegal> A. abyssinica> A. mellifera> A. brevispica> A. elatior> A. amara> G. bicolor> A. nilotica> B. micrantha> A. hockii. M. angolensis and Z. mucronata had OMD of 68.0 and 73.8%, respectively. M. angolensis, Z. mucronata ranked highly on the parameters studied. It is concluded that Maerua angolensis and Zizyphus mucronata being high in nutritive value and palatability, are potential protein supplements to low quality basal diets.
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    Supplementing Rhodes grass Chloris gayana hay with Maerua angolensis improves weight gain of growing small East African goats
    (2018) Ondiek, J. O.; Abdulrazak, S. A.; Njoka, E. N.
    To study the performance of Small East African goats fed Rhodes grass(Chloris gayana) hay supplemented with 5 levels of Maerua angolensis (0, 15, 20, 25, 30g DM W0.75) 20 goats were divided into five groups and randomly assigned five treatments in a randomized complete block design based on initial body weight (10.3±1.3kg). The treatment diets were offered twice daily at 08.00 and 14.00 hours with C. gayana and clean water were available ad libitum. Feed intake increased with increasing level ofM. angolensis, whereas, average daily gain, digestibility of DM, CP, NDF and rumen NH3N were the highest on 20g supplementation level. It is concluded that M. angolensis is a potential protein source and can be supplemented at 124 gd-1 (or 20% of metabolic weight, i.e. 20gDM/kgW0.75) for growing Small East African goats.