Rumen microbial responses to antinutritive factors in fodder trees and shrub legumes

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cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1080/09712119.2002.9706369en
cg.issn0971-2119en
cg.issue2en
cg.journalJournal of Applied Animal Researchen
cg.subject.ilriFORAGESen
cg.subject.ilriFEEDSen
cg.subject.ilriFODDERen
cg.subject.ilriLIVESTOCKen
cg.volume21en
dc.contributor.authorMcSweeney, C.S.en
dc.contributor.authorOdenyo, A.A.en
dc.contributor.authorKrause, D.O.en
dc.date.accessioned2013-05-06T07:01:35Zen
dc.date.available2013-05-06T07:01:35Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/28859
dc.titleRumen microbial responses to antinutritive factors in fodder trees and shrub legumesen
dcterms.abstractThe major limitation to ruminant production in many tropical regions of Africa, Asia and Australia is poor nutrition. Annual growth rates of animals are restricted by the low nitrogen and high fiber content of the native grasses and crop residues that form the basis of the diets in these regions. Supplementation of tropical roughages with fodder trees and shrubs (FTS) is a promising method to alleviate nutrient deficiencies associated with these basal diets. However, FTS often contain toxins and anti-nutritional factors (ANFs) that limit their use as feedstuffs. Selection and breeding for cultivars that are low in toxins/ANFs has not been successful since the presence of these compounds is strongly associated with survival in many tropical environments. A solution to the problem may be the rumen microorganisms from adapted domestic and wild ruminants that have evolved rumen fermentation mechanisms to transform or detoxify some of these plant secondary compounds. This review examines the use in ruminant feeding systems of FTS that contain deleterious secondary compounds; our current understanding of microbial interactions with these secondary compounds, and advances in the use of rumen biotechnology to overcome these limitations.en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.bibliographicCitationJournal of Applied Animal Research;21: 181-205en
dcterms.extentp. 181-205en
dcterms.issued2002-06
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.publisherInforma UK Limiteden
dcterms.subjectlegumesen
dcterms.subjectbrowse plantsen
dcterms.subjecttreesen
dcterms.subjectrumen microorganismsen
dcterms.subjectshrubsen
dcterms.subjectfeed cropsen
dcterms.subjectanimalsen
dcterms.subjectfeedsen
dcterms.subjectantinutritional factorsen
dcterms.subjecttoxinsen
dcterms.typeJournal Article

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