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@article{Muhammad_Dahiru_Salisu_Abdullahi_Shehu_Madigawa_Gumel_Musa_Abdulaziz_Abdulkadir_Sulaiman_2025, title={PROXIMATE ANALYSIS OF SOME BROWSE PLANTS GROWING AT BINYAMINU USMAN POLYTECHNIC HADEJIA, NIGERIA}, url={https://mail.njap.org.ng/index.php/njap/article/view/8789}, abstractNote={<p><em>An experiment was conducted to examine the proximate composition, fibre fraction and energy contents of three </em><em>(3) common browse plants growing in Binyaminu Usman Polytechnic Hadejia, Nigeria, in a completely </em><em>randomized design. The browse plants were; Acacia spp., Piliostigma thonningii and Hygrophila auriculata. </em></p> <p><em>The proximate composition of the browse plants was significantly different (P &lt; 0.05). The average quantity of </em><em>dry matter content was 94.60% with a minimum and maximum values of 93.10% in Acacia spp. and 96.70% in </em><em>Piliostigma thonningii, respectively. The crude protein (CP) ranged from a minimum of 10.02% in Piliostigma </em><em>thonningii to maximum of 12.21% in Acacia spp. The average crude fibre (CF), ether extract (EE), ash and </em><em>Nitrogen Free Extract (NFE) of the browse plants were 20.86%, 3.01%, 11.57% and 48.20%, respectively. The </em><em>fibre fractions and energy contents of the browse plants also significantly differed (P &lt; 0.05). The average</em></p> <p><em>Neutral Detergent Fibre (NDF) content was 42.87% with a minimum and maximum values of 38.00% in Acacia </em><em>spp. and 51.00% in Piliostigma thonningii, while the Acid Detergent Fibre (ADF) ranged from minimum of </em><em>20.80% in Hygrophila auriculata to a maximum of 43.10% in Piliostigma thonningii. The average ADF content </em></p> <p><em>was 30.23%. The energy content ranged from 998.43kcal/kg in Hygrophila auriculata to 1231.22 in Acacia spp. </em><em>with an average energy content of 1077.33kcal/kg. The proximate composition of the browse plants revealed that </em><em>both the dry matter, crude protein and energy contents of the legumes are good enough to facilitate dry season </em><em>ruminant feeding.</em></p>}, journal={Nigerian Journal of Animal Production}, author={Muhammad, A. S. and Dahiru, M. and Salisu, N. and Abdullahi, H. I. and Shehu, B. and Madigawa, I. L. and Gumel, A. M. and Musa, H. and Abdulaziz, A. and Abdulkadir, U. and Sulaiman, U. U.}, year={2025}, month={Mar.}, pages={1484–1487} }