@article{fdi:010071574,
  title = {{M}eadow up a tree : feeding flocks with a native ash tree in the {M}oroccan mountains},
  author = {{G}enin, {D}idier and {C}rochot, {C}. and {M}sou, {S}. and {A}raba, {A}. and {A}lifriqui, {M}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{T}he pastoral interest in {F}raxinus dimorpha foliage from the {H}igh {A}tlas of {M}orocco was assessed both in terms of its role with regard to the feeding of small ruminant flocks and for its nutritive value. {O}bservation, measurements, and interviews with 57 households revealed that ash trees are regularly pollarded, following very precise four-year cycles, during late {A}ugust to {N}ovember. {N}ative ash tree stands are subject to characteristic shaping, which enables a continuous capability to provide fodder, and gives rise to characteristic sylvo-pastoral landscapes. {A} digestion trial was conducted in goats and sheep. {F}ive two-year-old rams (19.5 ± 1 kg) and five two-year-old uncastrated bucks (22.2 ± 1.7 kg) were placed in individual metabolism cages over 18 days, and fed fresh ash tree leaves with a light dietary supplementation. {T}he apparent digestibility coefficients between goats and sheep did not differ significantly for dry matter (69.5% versus 67.5%, respectively), organic matter (70.5% vs 68.3%), and {N}eutral {D}etergent {F}ibre (53.8% vs 52.3%), in contrast to crude protein (54.2% vs 45.3%, p < 0.001) and {A}cid {D}etergent {L}ignin (29.7 vs 26.4, p < 0.05). {D}ue to a higher intake relative to metabolic weight (57.1 vs 47.7 g{DM}/kg{BW}0.75), goats valorize this type of forage better than sheep. {I}t is concluded that ash tree foliage presents considerable nutritive interest in autumn when overall range forage is scarce and lacking in quality, and, hence, constitutes a useful forage resource for feeding the small ruminant flocks found in these low-input mountain livestock farming systems. {A}ssociated traditional management practices were revealed to be both technically and ecologically efficient, and should be better taken into account by policy-makers.},
  keywords = {{AGROPASTORALISME} ; {AGROFORESTERIE} ; {SOCIETE} {TRADITIONNELLE} ; {VALEUR} {NUTRITIONNELLE} ; {ALIMENTATION} {ANIMALE} ; {SAVOIR} {LOCAL} ; {MAROC}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{P}astoralism : {R}esearch, {P}olicy and {P}ractice},
  volume = {6},
  numero = {},
  pages = {art. no 11 [11  en ligne]},
  ISSN = {2041-7136},
  year = {2016},
  DOI = {10.1186/s13570-016-0058-9},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010071574},
}