Value of mesquite leaves as forage
1988
Lyon, Cameron K. | Gumbmann, Michael R. | Becker, Robert
The nutritive value of six species or cultivars of mesquite (Prosopis) was investigated: viz P alba, P articulata, P chilensis, P nigra, P velutina, and cv 'Ruby'. Chemical analyses indicated that all of these are suitable sources of forage. However, in vitro digestibilities are negatively correlated with the content of phenolic compounds. Species with high concentrations of phenolics (P alba and P chilensis) are significantly less digestible than other species with lower phenolic content. Toxicity of the phenolic components of P chilensis leaves was observed in feeding studies with weanling mice.
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