Assessment of haraz (Acacia albida) pods as a potential supplement for cattle
1994
Hashim, I.M. (Agricultural Research Corp., Kadugli (Sudan). Range-Livestock Section)
Haraz (Acacia albida) pods were collected in South Kordofan during the dry season. About 150 pods were selected at random, dried and weighed. Seeds were removed from the selected pods and counted and seeds and seed hulls (empty pods) were weighed. Eight free-ranging cows were penned at 1700 h and group-fed haraz pods. At the same time a 100 g faecal sample was taken from each cow. These samples were dried in the sun and crushed and seeds removed, counted and weighed. The mean seed number per pod was 19.95 plus or minus 0.04 and the weight of the pod was 3.02 plus or minus 0.08 g. Seeds constituted 46.2 percent of the pod weight. Seeds ingested with pods passed through the digestive tract intact.
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