“…Ipharraguerre and Clark (2005) pointed out that the supply of microbial protein could be balanced by using protein sources that are resistant to ruminal degradation. The animal would thus acquire an additional supply of N. In a previous study the degradability of the crude protein of each legume seed was analysed (Ramos Morales et al., 2008b). Taking into account the soluble fraction (40.7, 51.9, 42.0 and 38.7% for L, FB, BV and V, respectively) and overall the effective degradability values (87.5, 86.2, 82,4 and 79.8% for L, FB, BV and V, respectively), the legumes used may be considered as a source of degradable protein for ruminal micro‐organisms and, therefore, for microbial protein synthesis (González and Andrés, 2003).…”