Nutritional evaluation of some tress pods as sources of feed for livestock

The pods of three trees namely Fidherbia albida, Ceratonia seliqua and Tamarindus indica were evaluated as animal feed in terms of its chemical composition, macro mineral content and in vitro digestibility. The experiment was carried out during the period from March- April 2015. The results showed that crude protein content was significantly (p<0.05) higher in F. albida (4.22%) than in C. seliqua (1.43%) and in T. indica (1.46%).Crude fiber in F.albida (48.21%) was higher than in C. seliqua (29.39%) and T.indica (25.73%). Ether extract was significantly (p<0.05) higher in C.seligua (2.7%) than in f. albida (1.72%) and T. indica (1.3%).Ash content was not significantly (p>0.05) between them which registed (4.40%, 4.67%, 3.51%) respectively. NFE was significantly (p<0.05) higher in C.seligua (57.50%) than in T. indica (55.56%) and f. albida (35.96%). Sodium content were no significantly between them witch registed (0.10%, 0.11%, 0.10%).potassium content was lower in f.albida (1.24%) than in C.seliqua (2.05%) and higher than in T. indica (1.05%). Calcium, magnesium, and phosphorus were (0.59%, 0.75% and 0.40%), (0.22%, 0.19% and 0.12%) and (1.04%, 1.06% and 1.05%) in F. albida , C. seliqua and t. indica respectively. The In vitro dry matter digestibility of F. albida (79.14%) was significantly (P<0.05) higher than in C. seliqua (65.03%) and in T.indica (77.69%). It could be concluded that the pods of three tree species could contribute most of livestock nutrition requirements.