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Effects of dietary Kleinhovia hospita and Leucaena leucocephala leaves on rumen fermentation and microbial population in goats fed treated rice straw

Ahmed MA 1 , Adeyemi KD 1 , Jahromi MF 2 , Jusoh S 1 , Alimon AR 1 , Samsudin AA 3

Affiliations 

  • 1 Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Universiti Putra Malaysia, UPM, 43400, Serdang, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia
  • 2 Animal Production Laboratory, Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia
  • 3 Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Universiti Putra Malaysia, UPM, 43400, Serdang, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia. anjas@upm.edu.my
Trop Anim Health Prod, 2017 Dec;49(8):1749-1756.
PMID: 28849307 DOI: 10.1007/s11250-017-1388-3

Abstract

The effects of partial replacement of dietary protein by forages on rumen fermentation and microbiology in goats were examined. Four fistulated Boer bucks were used in a 4 × 4 Latin square design. The goats were fed 60% of urea-treated rice straw and 40% dietary treatment (Kleinhovia hospita (KH), Leucaena leucocephala (LL), mixture of K. hospita with L. leucocephala (KHLL)) and concentrate as the control. Rumen fluid from the animals was collected at 0, 2, 4, 6, and 12 h postprandial for analysis. The KHLL diet had a greater (P 

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