Vol. 10, Special Issue 12 (2021)

Place of the study: The experiment was carried out in the Forage Research Project laboratory, Department of Agricultural Botany, Mahatma Phule Krishi Vidyapeeth, Rahuri, Dist.- Ahmednagar, Maharashtra, India.

Methodology: Association of Official Analytical Chemists (AOAC), official methods of analysis of the was used to determined the proximate composition.

Results: The proximate analysis of Azadirachta indica leaves showed the following result; dry matter (DM%) 96.85±0.24, organic matter (OM%) 91.44±0.68, crude protein (CP%) 14.71±0.34, ether extract (EE%) 2.68±0.35, total ash (TA%) 8.56±0.21, nuetral detergent fibre (NDF%) 54.25±1.02 & acid detergent fibre (ADF%) 49.54±0.78. The proximate analysis of Moringa oleifera L. leaves depicted following results; dry matter (DM %) 97.54±0.65, organic matter (OM%) 86.84±0.28, crude protein (CP%) 25.14±0.74, ether extract (EE%) 5.14±0.29, total ash (TA%) 13.16±0.32, nuetral detergent fibre (NDF%) 45.24±0.94 & acid detergent fibre (ADF%) 36.1±0.52.

Conclusion: It can be infer from these results of this study, Azadirachta indica and Moringa oleifera leaves contain a significant number of nutrients that aid in their therapeutic capabilities and serve as good forage for livestock.