Variability of Nutritive Value of Forage Legume Leaves as a Protein Source for Organic Pig Farms

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Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Variability of Nutritive Value of Forage Legume Leaves as a Protein Source for Organic Pig Farms

Original language description

Present research in animal nutrition within the European region is looking for “home-made” protein sources to avoid high dependency on imported soybean protein. The main objective of this study was to investigate the variability of nutritive value of legume leaves growing under organic management. In 2017, forage was sampled in the common stands of a lucerne (Medicago sativa L.) – red clover (Trifolium pratense L.) mixture across four locations in the first cut. Number of stems, maximal stem length and leaf weight ratio on a DM basis was assessed for both species in the samples where total DM and leaf production were calculated. Results show high variability in productivity and stand structure of mixture stand among locations and species but low variability was observed for leaf qualitative traits. This research has indicated that a lucerne – red clover mixture can be an effective source of forage legume leaves where species and stand structure have higher impact on productivity than leaf nutritive value.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

O - Miscellaneous

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

40201 - Animal and dairy science; (Animal biotechnology to be 4.4)

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2019

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů