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HELP-What is the EAF-L List For?



I need some hard data of bamboo as a forage. Does any one have any
references to bamboo leaves of the temperate genera: Phyllostachys,
Semiarundinaria, Arundinaria, Sasa, Sasaella, Pseudosasa, Pleioblastus used
as such. Any links would be appreciated. Perhaps the NALUSDA?

Could someone forward this to a forage based list?

I would also like to see test results like the sample below:


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Grass

Dendrocalamus strictus

Bamboo, male bamboo

Dendrocalamus strictus

Bamboo, male bamboo

Tall shrub, native to southern Asia, with a crowded clump habit  and large
erect culms.  Grows
on poor, gravelly soils and does well with rainfall of 1 000-1 500 mm
annually.  A relished
roughage,  yielding as much as 100 tons per hectare in some areas.

                                   As % of dry matter

                              DM   CP   CF   Ash  EE   NFE  Ref

Fresh leaves, Pakistan        27.4 20.5 26.0 14.8 7.5  31.2 308

Fresh leaves, India                14.2 27.6 12.0 1.7  44.5 436

                                   Digestibility (%)

                         Animal    CP   CF   EE   NFE  ME   Ref

Leaves                   Cattle    66.0 58.0 33.0 50.0 1.83 436

References:308,436,436

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