AU - Fazaeli, H AU - Nosrat abadi, M AU - Karkodi, K AU - Mirhadi, A TI - In Vitro and In Vivo Analysis of Jerusalem Artichoke (Helianthus tuberosus) and Alfafa Nutritive Value PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE TA - JSTNAR JN - JSTNAR VO - 13 VI - 48 IP - 48 4099 - http://jstnar.iut.ac.ir/article-1-997-en.html 4100 - http://jstnar.iut.ac.ir/article-1-997-en.pdf SO - JSTNAR 48 ABĀ  - This research was conducted to study the nutritive value of Jerusalem artichoke (JA) as animal feed. The aerial part of the JA plant was harvested, at full bloom stage, and then chopped and dried. The chopped JA hay included 0.0, 10, 20, 30 and 40 % of alfalfa hay, used as experimental diets, and tested for in vitro digestibility. In a changeover experiment with Latin square based design the in vivo digestibility was studied by sheep. The samples of dried JA forage as well as the experimental diets were collected and analyzed chemically. The nutrient contents of JA were relatively similar to alfalfa hay except for the crude protein that was lower in JA. The in vitro dry mater and organic mater digestibility were not affected by the levels of JA in the diets, but the digestible value reduced (p CP - IRAN IN - LG - eng PB - JSTNAR PG - 163 PT - Research YR - 2009