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Authors recommended nutritional evaluation and feeding trials for the fodder species.
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e0“Future work should focus on nutritional evaluation and controlled livestock feeding trials to determine the actual feed value and contribution of these species to livestock productivity.”
t0“Woody forage species”
Title
Kuratu Kuke; Yilkal Tadele; Tekle Olbamo Scientific Reports 2025. doi:10.1038/s41598-025-30029-x
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- Observation The area contained 18 fodder tree species.
- Observation The area contained 9 shrub species.
- Observation Trees accounted for 79.0% of identified fodder species.
- Observation Shrubs accounted for 21.0% of identified fodder species.
- Observation 42.1% of identified fodder species were highly desirable.
- Observation 36.8% of identified fodder species were desirable.
- Observation 21.1% of identified fodder species were less desirable.
- Observation Vernonia amygdalina occurred frequently and was widely used as fodder.
- Observation Ficus ovata occurred frequently and was widely used as fodder.
- Observation Dracaena steudneri occurred frequently and was widely used as fodder.
- Observation Terminalia laxiflora occurred frequently and was widely used as fodder.
- Observation Livestock consumed twigs, leaves, fruits and pods of these fodder species.
- Observation Mean leaf biomass yield of fodder trees was 13.82 ± 0.613 kg/tree.
- Observation Mean leaf biomass yield of shrubs was 2.97 ± 0.464 kg/shrub.