Ruminal and intestinal digestibility of some tropical legume forages

Two experiments were conducted to examine the degradation rates of 4 tropical legume forages in rumen and intestine of Kedah-Kelantan (KK) cattle. Three KK cattle, averaging 173 ± 17.15 kg each fitted with a permanent ruminal and a T-shaped duodenal cannulae were used. The cattle were fed a maintena...

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Main Authors: Khamseekhiew, B., Liang, J.B., Wong, C.C., Jalan, Z.A.
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Language:English
Published: Asian-Australasian Association of Animal Production Societies 2001
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/115855/
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author Khamseekhiew, B.
Liang, J.B.
Wong, C.C.
Jalan, Z.A.
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description Two experiments were conducted to examine the degradation rates of 4 tropical legume forages in rumen and intestine of Kedah-Kelantan (KK) cattle. Three KK cattle, averaging 173 ± 17.15 kg each fitted with a permanent ruminal and a T-shaped duodenal cannulae were used. The cattle were fed a maintenance diet (1% DM of their body weight) composing of 60% oil palm frond (OFF) pellet and 40% of a legume mixture of Arachis pintoi (AP) and Leucaena throughout the study. The overall DM and CP degradabilities in the rumen for Gliricidia sepium (GS) and AP were significantly higher than those for Leucaena leucocephala-Bahru (LB) and Leucaena leucocephala-Rendang (LR). This implies that LB and LR would have higher dietary protein flows into the intestine for the more efficient enzymatic digestion. However, the results of the present study suggested only limited proportions of the ruminai undegraded protein in the Leucaenas were digested in the intestine.
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spelling upm-1158552025-03-14T07:52:48Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/115855/ Ruminal and intestinal digestibility of some tropical legume forages Khamseekhiew, B. Liang, J.B. Wong, C.C. Jalan, Z.A. Two experiments were conducted to examine the degradation rates of 4 tropical legume forages in rumen and intestine of Kedah-Kelantan (KK) cattle. Three KK cattle, averaging 173 ± 17.15 kg each fitted with a permanent ruminal and a T-shaped duodenal cannulae were used. The cattle were fed a maintenance diet (1% DM of their body weight) composing of 60% oil palm frond (OFF) pellet and 40% of a legume mixture of Arachis pintoi (AP) and Leucaena throughout the study. The overall DM and CP degradabilities in the rumen for Gliricidia sepium (GS) and AP were significantly higher than those for Leucaena leucocephala-Bahru (LB) and Leucaena leucocephala-Rendang (LR). This implies that LB and LR would have higher dietary protein flows into the intestine for the more efficient enzymatic digestion. However, the results of the present study suggested only limited proportions of the ruminai undegraded protein in the Leucaenas were digested in the intestine. Asian-Australasian Association of Animal Production Societies 2001 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/115855/1/115855.pdf Khamseekhiew, B. and Liang, J.B. and Wong, C.C. and Jalan, Z.A. (2001) Ruminal and intestinal digestibility of some tropical legume forages. Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences, 14 (3). pp. 321-325. ISSN 1011-2367; eISSN: 1011-2367 https://www.animbiosci.org/journal/view.php?doi=10.5713/ajas.2001.321 10.5713/ajas.2001.321
spellingShingle Khamseekhiew, B.
Liang, J.B.
Wong, C.C.
Jalan, Z.A.
Ruminal and intestinal digestibility of some tropical legume forages
title Ruminal and intestinal digestibility of some tropical legume forages
title_full Ruminal and intestinal digestibility of some tropical legume forages
title_fullStr Ruminal and intestinal digestibility of some tropical legume forages
title_full_unstemmed Ruminal and intestinal digestibility of some tropical legume forages
title_short Ruminal and intestinal digestibility of some tropical legume forages
title_sort ruminal and intestinal digestibility of some tropical legume forages
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http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/115855/
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/115855/1/115855.pdf