Nutritive value of three tropical forage legumes and their influence on growth performance, carcass traits and organ weights of pigs

Kambashi, Bienvenu; Kalala, Gaétan; Dochain, Denis; Mafwila, Jacques; Xavier, Raquel; Boudry, Christelle; Picron, Pascale; Bindelle, Jérôme

doi:10.1007/s11250-016-1070-1

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“…us, as cowpea is a good source of protein and own reasonable digestible energy, it can be a good supplement to feed livestock under subsistence farming systems of the region. However, the nutrient content and indicators of feed intake and digestibility of genotypes at present were inferior to some of the previous findings elsewhere in the tropical areas [20,21].…”

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Morphological Characters, Dry Matter Production, and Nutritional Quality of Cowpea (Vigna unguiculata L.) as Influenced by Genotype and Environment

Lemore

Faji

Seid

2022

Advances in Agriculture

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Cowpea is an important grain legume crop used as feed for livestock, and its dry beans provide protein. Consequently, the objective of this study was to evaluate selected cowpea genotypes for herbage dry matter yield and nutritional quality in two agro-ecologies of the Benishangul-Gumuz region. The study was conducted at Kamashi and Assosa forages research stations of Assosa Agricultural Research Center, and the sites were purposively selected to represent lowland and midland agro-ecologies, respectively. Four cowpeas’ accessions (V. Unguiculata ILRI-11114, ILRI-12688, ILRI-12713, and ILRI-9333) and one check (Melka (ILRI-9334) as a check) were evaluated in a randomized complete block design with three replications. Herbage dry matter yield, plant height at forage harvesting, and days to maturity were significantly affected by location (L). Longer plant heights, shorter days to maturity, and higher dry matter yield ( P < 0.001 ) were recorded at Kamashi than at Assosa. Herbage dry matter yield was significantly P < 0.05 affected by year (Y), Y ∗ L (Y and L interaction), G ∗ L ∗ Y (genotype (G), L and Y interaction), and G ∗ L. Hebage dry matter yield was similar between years at Assosa, whereas at Kamashi significantly ( P < 0.001 ) different and more yields were obtained in 2015. The genotypes did not differ in nutritional quality parameters such as ash, acid detergent fibre, crude protein, and organic matter digestibility ( P > 0.05 ). However, neutral detergent fibre and acid detergent fibre were significantly ( P < 0.05 ) influenced by genotype. Thus, from the present study, it can be recommended that cowpea genotypes ILRI-12688 are suitable for Assosa and ILRI-11114 to Kamashi areas in terms of biomass production.

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Morphological Characters, Dry Matter Production, and Nutritional Quality of Cowpea (Vigna unguiculata L.) as Influenced by Genotype and Environment

Lemore

Faji

Seid

2022

Advances in Agriculture

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“…The nutrient composition of legume trees varies with species, soil condition, season, and stage of leaf growth (Nyamukanza & Scogings, 2008), harvesting and post-harvesting techniques and/or conditions. Earlier reports revealed that leguminous leaf meals are a good source of protein for pigs (Halimani et al, 2005;Khanyile et al, 2014;Ndou et al, 2015;Kambashi et al, 2016). Knowledge on chemical composition and physical properties of leguminous leaf meals is relevant in designing formulation strategies to ensure that anti-nutritional factors do not constrain pig performance.…”

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“…The response of pigs to incorporation of leguminous leaf meal cannot be generalised because it depends on different characteristics of chemical composition and physical properties of leaf meal including the ratio of the different components in the overall diet The variation in average daily feed intake (ADFI), average daily gain (ADG), feed conversion ratio (FCR) and gain: ratio (G\F) could be due to different leguminous species, stage of harvesting, harvesting method and pig genotypes used (Table 4). Maximum utilisation of leaf meals is limited because of the presence of polyphnolic compounds, which plays a major role in reduction in intake, reduced digestibility and lower efficiency (Bhat et al, 2013;Kambashi et al, 2016). The low FCR is driven by bitter and astringent taste from tannins.…”

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“…Legumes have been the most important encroaching plant species that suppresses the palatability of grass in Southern Africa (Munyati et al, 2013). They contain high crude protein (CP) content ranging from 103 -306 g/kg DM, amino acid contents, as well as favourable mineral concentration such as calcium (0.4 -0.39%), magnesium (0.13 -01.37%), and potassium (0.41 -0.35%) (Halimani et al, 2007;Gebeyew et al, 2015;Kambashi et al, 2016). One of the major drawbacks to the use of leguminous leaf meals as protein sources in animal diets is the presence of anti-nutritive factors.…”

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“…Source:Piva (1992);Ravindran and Blair (1992);Halimani et al (2005);Khanyile et al (2014);Mukumbo et al (2014);Kambashi et al (2016). DM: Dry matter, CP: Crude protein, CF: crude fibre, NDF: Neutral detergent fibre, ADF: Acid detergent fiber, EE: Ether extract, CT: Condensed tannins, WHC: Water holding capacity, SC: Swelling capacity, AD lignin: Acid detergent lignin, NDinsolIN: Neutral detergent insoluble nitrogen, ADinsolN: Acid detergent insoluble nitrogen…”

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Use of polyethylene glycol to improve the utilisation of leguminous leaf meals in pigs: A review

Hlatini¹,

Ncobela²,

Zindove³

et al. 2018

SA J. An. Sci.

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The use of leguminous leaf meal as feed ingredients for pigs needs to be intensified and improved. Leguminous trees and shrubs are valuable sources of protein, amino acids, and dietary fibre for pigs. Leguminous leaf meals are abundant in the tropical regions and their use as alternate protein-rich feed ingredients for pigs is promising. In tropics, climate change and vegetation management practices have certainly increased the availability of shrub legumes compared to grasses. There is, therefore, a need to resort on harnessing abundant and cheap feed resources to cope with environmental changes and rise of feed prices. Leguminous leaf meals are invaluable feed ingredients for pigs because of their relatively high crude protein and they are highly available. The leguminous leaves also thrive in, and tolerate, adverse climatic and soil conditions. However, their utilisation is limited by presence of polyphenolic compounds, particularly condensed tannins that inhibit their efficient use by pigs. Other challenges for the utilisation of legume-based leaf meal diets are the presence of thorns and high fibre content. If leguminous leaf meals are included in the diet beyond optimum levels, polyphenolic compounds can suppress appetite, promote feed refusal, reduce digestibility, and can induce toxicity in pigs. This warrants investigation on the use of tannin-binding agents (TBA) to improve nutrient utilisation of leguminous leaf meal-containing diets fed to pigs. The inclusion level of polyethylene glycol (PEG) in livestock diets has a huge potential to neutralise negative effects of undesirable polyphenolic compounds. Therefore, the current review aimed to assess the potential of PEG to inactivate tannin and amount of PEG to include for optimum pig performance.Keywords: Leguminous leaf meals, performance, pigs, polyethylene glycol, polyphenolic compounds

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Soybean Replacement by Alternative Protein Sources in Pig Nutrition and Its Effect on Meat Quality

Parrini

Aquilani

Pugliese

et al. 2023

Animals

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Soybean is one of the most expensive and limiting feed ingredients in diet formulations; however, in pig farming, it represents the main source of protein. The production and supply of soybean are critical steps due to their environmental impact and feed/food competition for land use. Therefore, research is focusing on finding alternatives to replace soybean partially or totally. However, alternative ingredients should ensure similar growth performance, carcass traits, and meat quality characteristics compared to conventional soybean-based diets. The objective of this review was to evaluate the impact of different alternative protein sources to soybean in pig nutrition and their effects on growth performance, carcass, and meat quality traits. The review process was performed on Scopus®, and it considered research findings published from 2012 to the present on the Sus scrofa species. Articles without a control group fed with soybean were discarded. The main alternative protein sources identified were other legumes and distillers’ dried grain with solubles (fish and animal proteins, oilseed by- and co-products). Interesting innovative protein sources included by-products from other industries (residues), microalgae and insects. Nevertheless, in dietary formulations, close attention must be paid to address the nutritional requirements, balance the supply of amino acids, avoid anti-nutritional or toxic compounds occasionally present in alternative protein sources, as well as determine the availability of protein feed in specific geographical areas.

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Nutritive value of three tropical forage legumes and their influence on growth performance, carcass traits and organ weights of pigs

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Morphological Characters, Dry Matter Production, and Nutritional Quality of Cowpea (Vigna unguiculata L.) as Influenced by Genotype and Environment

Morphological Characters, Dry Matter Production, and Nutritional Quality of Cowpea (Vigna unguiculata L.) as Influenced by Genotype and Environment

Use of polyethylene glycol to improve the utilisation of leguminous leaf meals in pigs: A review

Soybean Replacement by Alternative Protein Sources in Pig Nutrition and Its Effect on Meat Quality

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