Consuelo Diaz  , F. Grageola  , C. Lemus  , J. Ly  , 
    Studies on the Cell Wall Digestibility in Pigs Fed Leucaena (<I>Leucaena leucophala</I> (Lam.) de Wit) Leaf Meal,
    Journal of Animal and Veterinary Advances,
    Volume 6,Issue 10,
    2007,
    Pages 1190-1193,
    ISSN 1680-5593,
    javaa.2007.1190.1193,
    (https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=javaa.2007.1190.1193)
    Abstract: Six  crossbred castrate male pigs weighing on average 55 kg each were randomly allocated to 3 diets according to a duplicate 3×3 Latin square design to study digestion characteristics of cell wall fractions as determined by 0, 10 and 20% sun-dried leucaena (<I>Leucaena leucocephala</I> Lam. de Wit) Leaf Meal (LM) in diets based on sugar cane molasses type B and soybean meal. A significant (p< 0.01) decrease in lignin and cell content (1-NDF) digestibility was observed by increasing the level of LM in the diet. There was no treatment effect on digestibility of crude fibre and other detergent fractions of fibre. A significant interdependence was found between faecal fresh material output and WHC (p< 0.001, R<SUP>2 </SUP>= 0.896). It could be suggested that a moderate increase in LM up to 20% in the diet, should not determine a marked, deleterious effect on fibrous fraction digestibility as measured at the rectal site of growing pigs.
    Keywords: Leucaena leaf meal;cell wall;digestibility;pig;cell content;water holding capacity;digesta flow