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L. S. Castillo, Professor, Department of Animal Science, College of<br />

Agriculture, University of the Philippines Los Baños<br />

A series of digestion trials was conducted on cattle, carabaos<br />

and goats to evaluate values of cassava forage, winged<br />

bean forage, sugarcane plants and mulberry leaves. Two<br />

stages of regrowth of cassava forage were tested using<br />

cattle and carabaos. Apparent digestibilities of dry matter<br />

(DM) and crude fiber (CF), total digestible nutrients (TDN),<br />

DM intake, digestible protein (DP) and TDN were<br />

significantly (P

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