Survey of Sheep Production Situation and Nutritive Value Study of Plants for Sheep Raising in Pattani Province

Abstract

The purpose of this research was to study the nutritive value in plant that used of raising sheep in Pattani province. The sample of 360 farmers was randomly selected from the population of 3,632 farmers in twelve districts. The research tool was a structural questionnaire and collected by interview. The statistic employ were frequency, distribution and percentage. The results revealed that most of the interviewed farmers were male, and 36-45 years of age. They were graduated in primary education. All of them which raised their sheep 1-5 heads per family. The farmers raised their sheep access to pasture. They usually utilized Leucaena leucocephala, Purple guinea, Napier Pak Chong and Para grass. The dry matter, crude protein, neutral detergent fiber and acid detergent fiber of the forage were 8.50-29.12, 36.72-71.10 and 27.27-39.44%, respectively. Furthermore, The farmer utilized natural plant to feed sheep such as Chinese Violet,  Buffalo grass, Ginger grass, Water grass, Avicennia alba, Alyce clover and Portia tree. The dry matter, crude protein, neutral detergent fiber and acid detergent fiber of the natural plant were 8.10-19.78, 26.05-56.72 and 17.73-32.28%, respectively.