Effect of feeding Leucaena leucocephala leaves and twigs on energy utilization by goats

Haque, Nazmul; Toppo, Stefano; Saraswat, M. L.; Khan, M. Y.

doi:10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2007.09.027

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“…In contrast with Gupta et al (1988), who reported that the reduction in intake of buffaloes has been related to an increased proportion of leucaena in the diet. However, previous studies suggested that the improved intakes were not as high as the intakes of ruminants fed diets containing 34% (Haque et al 2008) and 45% (Yami et al 2000) of leucaena. The digestibility of nutrients being the highest in SB and MB fed diets containing 25% and 50% of leucaena, respectively.…”

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confidence: 78%

A comparative study on mimosine, 3,4-dihydroxy pyridone (3,4-DHP) and 2,3-dihydroxy pyridone (2,3-DHP), purine derivatives (PD) excretion in the urine, thyroid hormone and blood metabolites profiles of Thai swamp buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) and Murrah buffalo (Bubalus bubalis)

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Four Thai swamp buffaloes (SB) and four Murrah buffaloes (MB) fed a based diet of fresh ruzi grass (Bachiaria ruziziensis) with an increased proportion of fresh leucaena leaves. Intake of nutrients in animals increased when ruzi grass was mixed with leucaena. Digestibility of nutrients were the highest in SB and MB fed diets containing 25% and 50% of leucaena, respectively, and nitrogen (N) balances in both animal breeds were varied among diets. The regression equation coefficient of mimosine + DHP in the urine was twice as high in SB than in MB. Urinary purine derivatives excretion rate in SB was higher than that in MB. Plasma triiodothyronine and thyroxine declined in both animal breeds fed a diet containing >1 g mimosine intake/kg BW(0.75)/day. Plasma urea-N was the lowest in SB, but the highest in MB when fed a diet containing 84% of leucaena. Plasma β-HBA in SB have declined when diets contained >50% of leucaena but that in MB was not affected by any diet. In conclusion, the effect of leucaena in diet upon buffalo breeds depends on the proportion of leucaena in the diet, mimosine contents and condensed tannins components.

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A comparative study on mimosine, 3,4-dihydroxy pyridone (3,4-DHP) and 2,3-dihydroxy pyridone (2,3-DHP), purine derivatives (PD) excretion in the urine, thyroid hormone and blood metabolites profiles of Thai swamp buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) and Murrah buffalo (Bubalus bubalis)

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“…Our results are agreed with previously reported studies by Haque et al (2008) who observed a linear decrease (P=0.04) of DM maize intake with increasing level of leaves and twigs of Leucaena leucocephala by goats indicated that the palatability of leucaena might have been better than maize. Hulman and Preston (1981) have showed that feed intake increased linearly with increased leucaena level resulting with a high correlation (r2 = 0.98) between the level of leucaena and total feed intake.…”

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Effect of tanniniferous plants and essential oils on methane emission in ruminants

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This experiment was carried out to assess the effect of tannins content and biological activity of leucaena (Leucaena leucocephala) on in vivo total tract apparent digestibility, nitrogen balance, ruminal fermentation and methane emission. Six adult rumen cannulated Santa Inês sheep (70 ± 2.5 kg of BW) adapted to the basal diet (70% Tifton hay (Cynodon. spp.) + 21% ground corn, 9% soybean meal) were individually divided into three experimental diets completing a double latin square design (3 treatments, 3 periods, 6 animals). For 17 d (10 d adaptation and 7 d data collection period), the animals were fed ad libitum, one of the following diets: control (CNTRL-basal diet only), leucaena diet (LEUC-123 and 8.8 g/kg DM of total tannins and condensed tannins respectively), which consisted of the basal diet replaced by 0.50 of Tifton hay with leucaena and the leucaena diet plus 20 g/day/animal of polyethylene glycol (LPEG). Leucaena shade dried was ground before being thoroughly mixed with required quantity of concentrate and Tifton. The LEUC either with or without PEG increased the DM intake (P=0.009) and nitrogen intake (P=0.005) compared with CNTRL. Although apparent total-tract digestibilities of DM, OM, CP, NDF, and EE were not different (P>0.05) among the dietary treatments, LEUC decreased (P= 0.0009) ADF and tended to decrease (P=0.086) the CP digestibility compared with the CNTRL. These reduction were associated with rumen NH 3-N reduction (P<0.0001) compared with LPEG. Leucaena diets (LEUC and LPEG) improved (P=0.012) N retention compared with the CNTR and decreased (P<0.0001) the CH 4 emission per kg digested OM by 14 and 11%, respectively as well as decreased (P<0.0001) the C2/C3 ratio compared with CNTRL. However, LPEG improved (P=0.012) the acetate and butyrate (P=0.0034) compared with the LEUC. These findings highlight not only the nutritional value of leucaena diet but also the potential for mitigating methane emission and urinary nitrogen execration by sheep.

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“…The results of nutrient intake increases may be due to palatability of LL for sheep. Similar observations were reported by Haque et al (2008) which showed that Leucaena leucocephala leaves and twigs fed goats had higher palatability than vegetative parts of maize (Zea mays). suggested that LL leaves had better palatability compared to Tifton, maize and soyabean meal based diet.…”

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Mitigating the greenhouse gas balance of ruminant production by identifying plants with high tannin concentration and quantifying the methane emission in vivo

Dhanasekaran¹

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Dados Internacionais de Catalogação na Publicação (CIP) Seção Técnica de Biblioteca -CENA/USP Dhanasekaran Dinesh KumarMitigating the greenhouse gas balance of ruminant production by identifying plants with high tannin concentration and quantifying the methane emission in vivo.Mitigando o equilíbrio de gases do efeito estufa na produção de ruminantes pela identificação de plantas com concentração elevada de tanino e quantificação das emissões de metano in vivo / Dinesh Kumar Dhanasekaran; If you want to shine like a sun, first burns like a sun. Research is never the effort of a single individual and it is a team work and many have put their effort in several ways to bring this thesis to completion. and degraded neutral detergent fiber (DNDF), especially LL, which had most influence on these parameters compared to other tannin containing plants. LL had positive response on antimethanogenic effects; its nutrient degradability was higher than that of other tannin containing plants. The second study (Expt. 2) was set to evaluate the effect of different organic extracts from the whole plant methanolic extract (MHE) of LL on in vitro gas production and to characterize the chemical constituents by using gas chromatography coupled with mass spectroscopy (GC-MS). Major abundant compounds present at the relative percentages of MHE were found to be stigmasterol trimethyl ester (TMS), neophytadiene, palmitic acid TMS, α-Linolenic acid TMS and 2, 3, 5, 6-tetra methyl anisylbenzene. The effects of additions of different extracts in terms of nutrient degradability (TDOM and DNDF) were increased by all extracts. This study explained that the methanolic hexane extract and methanolic chloroform extract was effective against methanogenic activity. The objective of the third study (Expt. 3) was to study the effect of LL plant leaves on rumen fermentation, apparent nutrient digestibility, nitrogen balance and methane production in Santa Ines sheep. The animals were divided in three groups in which they were fed with (i) 88% Tifton 85-hay (Cynodon spp.) and 12% soyabean meal (Control group, n=4); (ii) 28% Tifton 85-hay (Cynodon spp.) and 72% LL plus 20 ml solution containing 10g/day/animal of PEG (With PEG group -WPEG, n=6); (iii) 28% Tifton 85-hay (Cynodon spp.) and 72% LL plus 20 ml of distilled water (without PEG group-WOPEG, n=6). Nutrient intake (dry matter, organic matter, acid detergent fiber, lignin and crude protein) were higher in WPEG and WOPEG compared to the control group, except neutral detergent fiber intake. Apparent digestibilities and nitrogen metabolism had non-significant effects between the treatments. However, CH4 emissions were significantly lower in WPEG and WOPEG than the control. Furthermore, expressions of microbial populations of methanogens in WPEG had lower tendency than that of WOPEG and control. The most salient findings of this study were that, 72% LL plant leaves using in small ruminants diets increased animal productivity, we can get more benefits in terms of replacing the source of protein in the...

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Effect of feeding Leucaena leucocephala leaves and twigs on energy utilization by goats

Cited by 13 publications

References 12 publications

A comparative study on mimosine, 3,4-dihydroxy pyridone (3,4-DHP) and 2,3-dihydroxy pyridone (2,3-DHP), purine derivatives (PD) excretion in the urine, thyroid hormone and blood metabolites profiles of Thai swamp buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) and Murrah buffalo (Bubalus bubalis)

A comparative study on mimosine, 3,4-dihydroxy pyridone (3,4-DHP) and 2,3-dihydroxy pyridone (2,3-DHP), purine derivatives (PD) excretion in the urine, thyroid hormone and blood metabolites profiles of Thai swamp buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) and Murrah buffalo (Bubalus bubalis)

Effect of tanniniferous plants and essential oils on methane emission in ruminants

Mitigating the greenhouse gas balance of ruminant production by identifying plants with high tannin concentration and quantifying the methane emission in vivo

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