%0 Journal Article %T Nutritive Value of Five Halophytes Determined in Sistan Area %J Iranian Journal of animal Science %I پردیس کشاورزی و منابع طبیعی دانشگاه تهران %Z 2008-4773 %A hoseini nejad, zahra %A yoosefollahi, mostafa %A fazayeli, hasan %D 2012 %\ 05/21/2012 %V 43 %N 1 %P 1-10 %! Nutritive Value of Five Halophytes Determined in Sistan Area %K Dry matter degradability %K Gas production %K Halophytes %K Sistan %R 10.22059/ijas.2012.24904 %X Five species of dominant halophyte plants including: Salsola griffithii, Chenopodium album, Aeluropus logopoidies, Alopecurus textillis and Cardaria draba were sampled from Sistan region at their late vegetative stage. The collected samples were dried at room temperature and ground, and their chemical components including: dry matter, organic matter, ash, crude protein, crude fat, as well as cell wall and no hemicellulose containing cell wall evaluated in the laboratory. Dry matter digestibility (by in situ nylon bag technique) and organic matter digestibility as well as metabolisable energy (through in vitro gas production method) were determined. Results revealed that among the species studied, there were significant differences (p %U https://ijas.ut.ac.ir/article_24904_5d83a4f6c1acedb88f2e3f44708affde.pdf