Análise bromatológica do fruto de Gmelina arborea roxb para quantificação dos nutrientes de interesse na alimentação animal

Abstract

The experiment was carried out at the Laboratory of Animal Nutrition, Department of Animal Science, located at the State University of Maranhão, Campus Paulo VI – São Luís, MA. The objective proposed in this work is to show some information about the composition, characteristics and the possibility of using the fruit of Gmelina arborea as an alternative source in animal nutrition. The data were obtained by collecting fruits from trees present on the campus of the State University of Maranhão, which were taken for processing and bromatological analysis at the Animal Nutrition Laboratory of UEMA, where the levels of Dry Matter (DM), Crude Protein (CP ), Ether Extract (EE), Mineral Matter (MM), Non-Nitrogenated Extract (ENN), Total Digestible Nutrients (TND), Neutral Detergent Fiber (NDF), Acid Detergent Fiber (ADF), Calcium (Ca), Phosphorus (P ) and hemicellulose.