Evaluation of Priority Fodder Trees for Leaf Yield and Nutritional Value at Arba Minch, Ethiopia

Table 5

In vitro digestibility (% DM) of leaf fodder from tested tree species.

Feed ingredients	IVDMD	IVOMD	EME (MJ/kg·DM)
Forage hay	36.28^a	44.60^a	7.14^a
Dg	44.06a^b	52.91^c	8.47^a
Ba	42.13a^b	48.27^b	7.7^a
Tb	48.43^b	56.39^c	9.0^a

Dg, Dendrocalamus giganteus; Ba, Balanites aegyptiaca; Tb, Terminalia brownii; IVDMD, in vitro dry matter digestibility; IVOMD, in vitro organic matter digestibility; and EME, estimated metabolizable energy.