CONTENT

1.       

INTRODUCTION

1.1.       FORAGE QUALITY

1.1.1.      Plant perspective....................................................................

1.1.2.      Animal erspective..................................................................

1.1.3.      Environmental perspective.......................................................

2.          

FORAGE QUALITY VIS-A-VIS LIVESTOCK RODUCTIVITY

3.          

FORAGE QUALITY INDICES

i)              Nutritive Value Index (NVI).............................................

ii)            Digestible Energy Intake (DEI)..........................................

iii)          Fill Unit and Feed Unit....................................................

iv)          Quality Index (QI).........................................................

v)            Relative Feed Value........................................................

vi)          Relative Forage Quality (RFQ)..........................................

4.          

FORAGE QUALITY COMPONENTS

4.1.         Quality parameters.................................................................

i)              Moisture.....................................................................

ii)            Dry matter...................................................................

iii)          Digestible dry matter (DDM).............................................

iv)          Digestible energy (DE)....................................................

v)            Crude protein (CP).........................................................

vi)          Crude fiber (CF)............................................................

vii)         Acid detergent insoluble nitrogen (ADIN)..............................

viii)       Ether extract (EE)..........................................................

ix)           Carbohydrates...............................................................

x)            Ash...........................................................................

xi)           Nitrogen free extract (NFE)..............................................

xii)    &