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Tropical forage trees with low potential defaunating capacity

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 November 2017

G. E. Monforte Briceño ,
C. A. Sandoval Castro ,
C. M. Capetillo Leal  and
L. Ramírez Avilés
G. E. Monforte Briceño
Affiliation:
Fac. Vet. Med. & Anim. Sci., Univ. of Yucatan, México. Apdo. 4-116 Itzimna, Mérida, Yucatán, 97100, México
C. A. Sandoval Castro
Affiliation:
Fac. Vet. Med. & Anim. Sci., Univ. of Yucatan, México. Apdo. 4-116 Itzimna, Mérida, Yucatán, 97100, México
C. M. Capetillo Leal
Affiliation:
Fac. Vet. Med. & Anim. Sci., Univ. of Yucatan, México. Apdo. 4-116 Itzimna, Mérida, Yucatán, 97100, México
L. Ramírez Avilés
Affiliation:
Fac. Vet. Med. & Anim. Sci., Univ. of Yucatan, México. Apdo. 4-116 Itzimna, Mérida, Yucatán, 97100, México
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Forage trees are commonly use for livestock feeding in the tropics. It is known that some species can affect the rumen protozoa population (Odenyo et al., 1997). However, little is known about the potential effect upon rumen protozoa of several species which are also use as feed in tropical systems. The objective of the experiment was to assess the defaunating capacity of forage trees. In companion reports (Monforte et al., 2005) we reported plants with a potential defaunating effect as evaluated under an in vitro batch culture system (Sandoval et al., 2005). Here we present those plants which did not have or had low effect on protozoa population in an in vitro culture.

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Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Science , Volume 2005 , 2005 , pp. 221
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Copyright © The British Society of Animal Science 2005

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