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Dietary factors affecting entero-hepatic function of ruminants in the tropics

A lack of feed resources has been identified as the major constraint in ruminant livestock production in the tropics. Although forages, such as grasses, legumes and tree forages and the agro-industrial by-products, such as palm kernel cake, are available in abundance, their utilisation as animal fee...

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Main Authors: Abdullah, Abdul Salam, Rajion, Mohamed Ali
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Language:English
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Published: Elsevier Science B.V. 1998
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spelling my.upm.eprints.78622024-08-08T01:09:14Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/7862/ Dietary factors affecting entero-hepatic function of ruminants in the tropics Abdullah, Abdul Salam Rajion, Mohamed Ali A lack of feed resources has been identified as the major constraint in ruminant livestock production in the tropics. Although forages, such as grasses, legumes and tree forages and the agro-industrial by-products, such as palm kernel cake, are available in abundance, their utilisation as animal feeds are limited due to the presence of dietary factors which may affect the voluntary intake and the entero-hepatic function of the animals. These dietary factors include saponins and copper in the palm kernel cake, mimosine and tannin in the tree legume (Leucaena leucocephala), sapogenins (epi-sarsasapogenin and epi-smilagenin) in the Signal grass (Brachiaria decumbens) and indospicine in the creeping indigo (Indigofera spicata). Great economic losses through general unthriftiness, poor weight gain, inefficient production and death have been attributed to these dietary factors. Elsevier Science B.V. 1998-02-13 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/7862/1/Dietary%20factors%20affecting%20entero.pdf text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/7862/7/1-s2.0-S0377840197816240-main.pdf Abdullah, Abdul Salam and Rajion, Mohamed Ali (1998) Dietary factors affecting entero-hepatic function of ruminants in the tropics. Animal Feed Science and Technology, 69 (1-3). pp. 79-90. ISSN 0377-8401 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0377-8401(97)81624-0 10.1016/S0377-8401(97)81624-0 English
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description A lack of feed resources has been identified as the major constraint in ruminant livestock production in the tropics. Although forages, such as grasses, legumes and tree forages and the agro-industrial by-products, such as palm kernel cake, are available in abundance, their utilisation as animal feeds are limited due to the presence of dietary factors which may affect the voluntary intake and the entero-hepatic function of the animals. These dietary factors include saponins and copper in the palm kernel cake, mimosine and tannin in the tree legume (Leucaena leucocephala), sapogenins (epi-sarsasapogenin and epi-smilagenin) in the Signal grass (Brachiaria decumbens) and indospicine in the creeping indigo (Indigofera spicata). Great economic losses through general unthriftiness, poor weight gain, inefficient production and death have been attributed to these dietary factors.
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author Abdullah, Abdul Salam
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Dietary factors affecting entero-hepatic function of ruminants in the tropics
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title Dietary factors affecting entero-hepatic function of ruminants in the tropics
title_short Dietary factors affecting entero-hepatic function of ruminants in the tropics
title_full Dietary factors affecting entero-hepatic function of ruminants in the tropics
title_fullStr Dietary factors affecting entero-hepatic function of ruminants in the tropics
title_full_unstemmed Dietary factors affecting entero-hepatic function of ruminants in the tropics
title_sort dietary factors affecting entero-hepatic function of ruminants in the tropics
publisher Elsevier Science B.V.
publishDate 1998
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