Knowledge gained from early and recent studies that define the functions of microbial
populations within the rumen microbiome is essential to allow for directed rumen …

La producción de rumiantes en sistemas extensivos en países tropicales tiene indicadores
productivos bajos debido al déficit de nutrientes en la dieta de los animales. Una de las …

The tree legume Leucaena leucocephala (leucaena) is a high quality ruminant feed, vitally
important for livestock production in the tropics, despite the presence of mimosine in the …

Concern about mimosine toxicity and its management has contributed to the restricted
adoption of leucaena as a forage for ruminants. The toxicity is a function of the antimitotic …

Leucaena (Leucaena leucocephala ssp. glabrata) is a highly palatable and productive
forage used mainly by beef producers on extensive properties in northern Australia. When …

An experiment was conducted to investigate the efficacy of a cultured Synergistes jonesii
inoculum in degrading the Leucaena leucocephala (leucaena) toxins: 3-hydroxy-4 (1H) …

Leucaena leucocephala is a nutritionally rich forage tree legume that contains a toxic non-
protein amino acid, mimosine, from which other toxic compounds 3, 4-dihydroxypyridone (3 …

Abstract The legume Leucaena leucocephala (Leucaena) is widely used to supplement
forage in silvopastoral livestock systems in Latin America. Little is known about its possible …

The known accumulation of the hepatotoxin indospicine in tissues of camels and cattle
grazing Indigofera pasture plants is unusual in that free amino acids would normally be …

Context Leucaena leucocephala (leucaena) is a leguminous shrub used for beef grazing in
low-rainfall regions (< 600–700mm). Newer cultivars have the potential to extend adoption …