Perennial peanut: summary of animal feeding studies
1988
French, E.C. | Prine, G.M. | Krouse, L.J. (Florida Univ., Gainesville (USA). Dept. of Agronomy)
Recent research evaluating perennial peanut (Arachis glabrata) as an animal feed source for different livestock animals is reviewed. Cow weight loss was less and calf average daily gain (ADG) was greater when calves were creep fed on perennial peanut compared to calves that stayed with their mothers on bahia grass. Cows fed with peanut hay produced similar milk yields to cows fed with corn silage, but with higher butterfat content. More recent studies showed good milk yields could be attained with a diet of corn silage, rhizoma peanut haylage and corn/soyabean meal with a ratio of 30:20:50. Work with swine revealed perennial peanut could replace soyabean-corn concentrate as a ration for gestating sows, while research established that perennial peanut is a superior feed source for rabbits and could be used as a xanthophyll pigment source in the poultry industry. These trends show that perennial peanut could soon be the important forage crop in Florida and potentially in the Caribbean
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