Further Studies on the Value of Desmodium Meal in the Baby Chick Diet

Napier Grass (Pennisetum purpureum) Meal, a Substitute for Alfalfa Meal in Chick Starter Rations

“…have shown that desmodium meal (Desmodium intortum) may replace alfalfa meal in simplified all-vegetable rations. However, Squibb and Wyld (1950) obtained conflicting results when they fed high levels of desmodium meal in rations that contained different vegetable protein concentrates. Rosenberg and Zoebisch (unpublished data) obtained growth rates equal to or greater than those of the control when they substituted D. heterocarpum, D. nicaraguensis, D. virgatum, D. cajanifolium, D. ovalifolium, D. salicifolia, and D. triquetrum meals for alfalfa meal at 5 percent of total ration.…”