Adapting ruminants to Leucaena toxicity

Ruminants fed leucaena, in Hawaii where the shrub is naturalized, show no toxicity to the alkaloids contained in the plant's foliage, whereas ruminants fed the foliage in countries where the plant has been recently introduced may do so. Assuming...

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation
Format: News Item
Language:Inglés
Published: Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation 1988
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/44867
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Summary:Ruminants fed leucaena, in Hawaii where the shrub is naturalized, show no toxicity to the alkaloids contained in the plant's foliage, whereas ruminants fed the foliage in countries where the plant has been recently introduced may do so. Assuming...