Abstract
The chemical composition and feeding value of seven tropical legumes and lucerne were determined by pen feeding experiments with sheep. Most of the legumes were harvested during autumn and winter. Lucerne had the highest feeding value and the highest values for the tropical legumes were obtained for Vigna vexillata, Lotononis bainesii, and Desmodium uncinatum. After frosting, the feeding values of Phaseolus lathyroides and Vigna vexillata were reduced but that of Desmodium uncinatum was not changed. This may have been due to a greater loss of leaf by both P. lathyoides and V. vexillata than by D. uncinatum. Frost did not affect Lotononis bainesii and Medicago sativa, and both had a higher feeding value than the legumes affected by frost. The usefulness of crude protein and crude fibre for estimating dry matter digestibility and dry matter intake and the relation between dry matter digestibility and dry matter intake is discussed. The use of dry matter digestibility to express the nutritive value of feed energy in preference to organic matter digestibility, starch equivalents, and total digestible nutrients is also discussed.
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Claims 11
Claim · model-written summary
Lucerne had the highest feeding value among the legumes tested.
- Taxon
- Lucerne
Medicago sativae1 - Outcome
- feeding valuee1
- Direction
- higheste1
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Verbatim
e1“Lucerne had the highest feeding value and the highest values for the tropical legumes were obtained for Vigna vexillata, Lotononis bainesii, and Desmodium uncinatum”
Claim · model-written summary
Vigna vexillata had the highest feeding value among the tropical legumes tested.
- Taxon
- Vigna vexillata
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Vigna vexillatae1 - Outcome
- feeding valuee1
- Direction
- highest valuese1
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Verbatim
e1“Lucerne had the highest feeding value and the highest values for the tropical legumes were obtained for Vigna vexillata, Lotononis bainesii, and Desmodium uncinatum”
Claim · model-written summary
Lotononis bainesii had the highest feeding value among the tropical legumes tested.
- Taxon
- Lotononis bainesii
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Listia bainesiie1 - Outcome
- feeding valuee1
- Direction
- highest valuese1
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
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Verbatim
e1“Lucerne had the highest feeding value and the highest values for the tropical legumes were obtained for Vigna vexillata, Lotononis bainesii, and Desmodium uncinatum”
Claim · model-written summary
Desmodium uncinatum had the highest feeding value among the tropical legumes tested.
- Taxon
- Desmodium uncinatum
Desmodium uncinatume1 - Outcome
- feeding valuee1
- Direction
- highest valuese1
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e1“Lucerne had the highest feeding value and the highest values for the tropical legumes were obtained for Vigna vexillata, Lotononis bainesii, and Desmodium uncinatum”
Claim · model-written summary
Frosting reduced the feeding value of Phaseolus lathyroides.
- Taxon
- Phaseolus lathyroides
Macroptilium lathyroidese1 - Treatment
- frostinge1
- Outcome
- feeding valuese1
- Direction
- reducede1
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e1“After frosting, the feeding values of Phaseolus lathyroides and Vigna vexillata were reduced but that of Desmodium uncinatum was not changed”
Claim · model-written summary
Frosting reduced the feeding value of Vigna vexillata.
- Taxon
- Vigna vexillataVigna vexillatae1
- Treatment
- frostinge1
- Outcome
- feeding valuese1
- Direction
- reducede1
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e1“After frosting, the feeding values of Phaseolus lathyroides and Vigna vexillata were reduced but that of Desmodium uncinatum was not changed”
Claim · model-written summary
Frosting did not change the feeding value of Desmodium uncinatum.
- Taxon
- Desmodium uncinatumDesmodium uncinatume1
- Treatment
- frostinge1
- Outcome
- feeding valuese1
- Direction
- was not changede1
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e1“After frosting, the feeding values of Phaseolus lathyroides and Vigna vexillata were reduced but that of Desmodium uncinatum was not changed”
Claim · model-written summary
Frost did not affect the feeding value of Lotononis bainesii.
- Taxon
- Lotononis bainesiiListia bainesiie1
- Treatment
- Froste1
- Outcome
- feeding valuee1
- Direction
- did not affecte1
Not reportedComparator
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Verbatim
e1“Frost did not affect Lotononis bainesii and Medicago sativa, and both had a higher feeding value than the legumes affected by frost”
Claim · model-written summary
Frost did not affect the feeding value of Medicago sativa.
- Taxon
- Medicago sativaMedicago sativae1
- Treatment
- Froste1
- Outcome
- feeding valuee1
- Direction
- did not affecte1
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e1“Frost did not affect Lotononis bainesii and Medicago sativa, and both had a higher feeding value than the legumes affected by frost”
Claim · model-written summary
Lotononis bainesii had a higher feeding value than the legumes affected by frost.
- Taxon
- Lotononis bainesiiListia bainesiie1
- Outcome
- feeding valuee1
- Direction
- highere1
- Comparator
- legumes affected by froste1
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e1“Frost did not affect Lotononis bainesii and Medicago sativa, and both had a higher feeding value than the legumes affected by frost”
Claim · model-written summary
Medicago sativa had a higher feeding value than the legumes affected by frost.
- Taxon
- Medicago sativaMedicago sativae1
- Outcome
- feeding valuee1
- Direction
- highere1
- Comparator
- legumes affected by froste1
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e1“Frost did not affect Lotononis bainesii and Medicago sativa, and both had a higher feeding value than the legumes affected by frost”
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- positive
- no effect
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