Publication Date
1985
Location
Kyoto Japan
Description
The leguminous grass, Leucaena leucocephala, is a perennial plant rich in protein and vitamins. An experiment was carried out to obtain basic information required for the practical application of the grass to livestock feeding. In it, herbivorous voles of Microtus arvalis pallas and mice were fed, for 30 days, two basal diets of different composition to which the grass had been added to such extent that the mimosine content of the resulting diets might be about 1 %. As a result, an increase in body weight at the end of the experimental period was more remarkable in voles fed a low fiber pelleted diet ( CMF) for mice with the addition of the grass (group CMF) than in voles fed a high fiber pelleted diet (ZC) for herbivores with the addition of the grass (group ZC). On the other hand, it was hardly observed in mice fed the CMF diet with the addition of the grass. The mimosine contents in the forestomach and cecum of the vole 3.7 and 6.33 mg, respectively, per gram of contents in group CMF, and 6.03 and 4.75 mg/g, respectively, in group ZC. In brief, there were differences in mimosine content between the two diets fed and between the two organs examined. The pH value of the contents of the forestomach of the vole was considerably low in group CMF. There was, however, no difference in that of the cecum of the vole between groups CMF and ZC. The total VFA concentration of the content of the forestomach of the vole was significantly lower (P < .01) in group CMF than in group ZC.
Citation
Asada, T; Arai, T; Konno, T; Oki, Y; and Ogimoto, K, "Physiological Effect of Feeding with the Leguminous Shrub, Leucaena leucocephala, on the Vole, Microtus arvalis pallas, and Mice" (1985). IGC Proceedings (1985-2023). 20.
(URL: https://uknowledge.uky.edu/igc/1985/ses10/20)
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Physiological Effect of Feeding with the Leguminous Shrub, Leucaena leucocephala, on the Vole, Microtus arvalis pallas, and Mice
Kyoto Japan
The leguminous grass, Leucaena leucocephala, is a perennial plant rich in protein and vitamins. An experiment was carried out to obtain basic information required for the practical application of the grass to livestock feeding. In it, herbivorous voles of Microtus arvalis pallas and mice were fed, for 30 days, two basal diets of different composition to which the grass had been added to such extent that the mimosine content of the resulting diets might be about 1 %. As a result, an increase in body weight at the end of the experimental period was more remarkable in voles fed a low fiber pelleted diet ( CMF) for mice with the addition of the grass (group CMF) than in voles fed a high fiber pelleted diet (ZC) for herbivores with the addition of the grass (group ZC). On the other hand, it was hardly observed in mice fed the CMF diet with the addition of the grass. The mimosine contents in the forestomach and cecum of the vole 3.7 and 6.33 mg, respectively, per gram of contents in group CMF, and 6.03 and 4.75 mg/g, respectively, in group ZC. In brief, there were differences in mimosine content between the two diets fed and between the two organs examined. The pH value of the contents of the forestomach of the vole was considerably low in group CMF. There was, however, no difference in that of the cecum of the vole between groups CMF and ZC. The total VFA concentration of the content of the forestomach of the vole was significantly lower (P < .01) in group CMF than in group ZC.
