TY  - JOUR
T1  - Studies on the Cell Wall Digestibility in Pigs Fed Leucaena (<I>Leucaena leucophala</I> (Lam.) de Wit) Leaf Meal
AU - , Consuelo Diaz AU - , F. Grageola AU - , C. Lemus AU - , J. Ly 
JO  - Journal of Animal and Veterinary Advances
VL  - 6
IS  - 10
SP  - 1190
EP  - 1193
PY  - 2007
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1680-5593
DO  - javaa.2007.1190.1193
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=javaa.2007.1190.1193
KW  - Leucaena leaf meal
KW  -cell wall
KW  -digestibility
KW  -pig
KW  -cell content
KW  -water holding capacity
KW  -digesta flow
AB  - 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.
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