Haematological changes in transhumant Baruwal sheep (Ovis aries) grazing in the western Himalayan mountains in Nepal

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Table 4 Herbage chemical composition (g/kg) of herbages species at high-altitude grazing site during summer

Herbage species	Functional group	CP	EE	NDF	ADF	ADL	Cellulose^d	Hemicellulose^c	Ash
Site A (High altitude)^a
Kobresia nepalensis	Cyperus	219	39	610	522.11	160	362.11	87.89	90
Kobresia humilis	Cyperus	198	28.5	540	388.23	82	306.23	151.77	110
Carex sp.	Cyperus	192	26	684	536.21	125.5	410.71	147.79	90.7
Selinum tenuifolium	Forb	192.1	33	507	430.25	195	235.25	76.75	90.8
Ranunculus heterophyllus	Forb	193	27	550	476.26	195	281.26	73.74	100.1
Potentilla sp.	Forb	179	33	498	452.21	237	215.21	45.79	79
Site B (Low altitude)^b
Poa alpina	Grass	212.3	31.5	603	360.15	88	272.15	242.85	100
Plantago major	Forb	181	34	502	429.2	195	234.2	72.8	103
Potentilla peduncularis	Forb	143.1	28	680	589.6	109.2	480.4	90.4	98
Festuca sp.	Grass	139.4	23	700	530.13	114.4	415.73	169.87	84