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SUBMITTER: Hao Y
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7914576 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Animals : an open access journal from MDPI 20210205 2
Paper mulberry (<i>Broussonetia papyrifera</i>, PM) is high protein but unutilized as a feed source. The study explores the different parts (leaf, stem, and whole plant) of PM chemical composition, silage fermentation, and in vitro and in situ digestibility, aiming to give some guidelines to PM usage as feed. The result showed that the leaf had a higher fresh weight than the stem (<i>p</i> < 0.05). The dry matter contents of the three groups had no differences. The highest crude protein, ether e ...[more]