@article{article_385987, title={Determination of Changes Occurring Annual Nutritional Contents of Gum Tragacanth (Astragalus gummifer L.)}, journal={Journal of the Institute of Science and Technology}, volume={6}, pages={121–125}, year={2016}, author={Demir, Uygar and Keskin, Bilal}, keywords={Nutritional content,shrub,Astragallus gummifer}, abstract={<span class="fontstyle0">This research was conducted to determine the changes of annual nutritional content gum tragacanth <br>( </span> <span class="fontstyle2">Astragallus gummifer </span> <span class="fontstyle0">L </span> <span class="fontstyle2">. </span> <span class="fontstyle0">) grown in Igdir ecological conditions. In this research, Stem + leaf samples were collected <br>during 7 (seven) month between April and October that plant isn’t dormant in 2015 year. Changes as months of <br>CP (Crude protein), NDF (Neutral Detergent Fiber), ADF (Acid Detergent Fiber) ADL (Acid Detergent Lignin), <br>DMD (Dry matter digestibility), DE (Digestible energy), ME (Metabolizable energy), DMI (Dry matter intake), <br>RFV (Relative feed value) and DM (Dry matter ratio) contents of gum tragacanth were determined. According <br>to this results, the highest CP, DMD, DE, ME, DMI and RFV rates in April (16.04%, 58.63%, 2.77 Mcal g </span> <span class="fontstyle0" style="font-size:6pt;">-1 </span> <span class="fontstyle0">, 2.28 <br>Mcal g </span> <span class="fontstyle0" style="font-size:6pt;">-1 </span> <span class="fontstyle0">, 2.29%, 104.19, respectively), and also the lowest rates in October (3.82%, 43.83%, 2.14 Mcal g </span> <span class="fontstyle0" style="font-size:6pt;">-1 </span> <span class="fontstyle0">, 1.76 <br>Mcal g </span> <span class="fontstyle0" style="font-size:6pt;">-1 </span> <span class="fontstyle0">, 1.66%, 55.04 respectively) was determined. However, the highest NDF, ADF and ADL rates in October, <br>(74.47%, 57.84% and 9.96%, respectively) the lowest value in April (52.45%, , 38.85%, 6.02%, respectively) were <br>determined. </span> <br style=" font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "> <p> <br> </p>}, number={4}, publisher={Igdir University}