Enteric methane emission factors of smallholder dairy farming systems across intensification gradients in the central highlands of Ethiopia

Table 2 Dry matter digestibility (DMD %) of the major feed available in the study area

Feed type	Season		References
Feed type	Wet	Dry	References
Natural pasture (Native)	58.49	49.50	[54,55,56,57]
Grass hay	59.3	51.91	[55, 58, 59]
Commercial concentrate	72.28	72.28	[59]
Wheat bran	71.15	71.15	[59]
Wheat middling	79.03	79.03	[59]
Oats grain (Avena sativa)	76.03	76.03	[59]
Noug cake	70.99	70.99	[59]
Line sead cake	72.19	72.19	[59]
Cotton seed cake	84.67	84.67	[59]
Desho grass (Pennisetum glaucifolium)	52.68	49.36	[60, 61]
Napier grass (Pennisetum purpureum)	50.5	47.87	[62]
Vetch (Vicia species)	66.47	66.47	[63]
Alfalfa	76.63	76.63	[64]
Oats straw	46.89	46.19	[62]
Wheat straw	41	39.12	[56, 59]
Barley straw	41.32	41.32	[58, 65]
Teff straw	46.01	44.36	[56, 66]
Grass pea hull	61.42	61.42	[59]
Chickpea straw	50.16	50.16	[56, 59]
Faba bean hull	61.42	61.42	[65, 67]
Brewery residues	69.46	69.46	[59]
Atela (a local brewery)	73.66	73.66	[59]

ISSN: 1750-0680