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LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT FOR THE PRODUCTION OF CATTLE MILK IN AN INTENSIVE SILVOPASTORAL SYSTEM AND A CONVENTIONAL SYSTEM IN COLOMBIA

open access: yesTropical and Subtropical Agroecosystems, 2016
Currently, cattle systems have the challenge of improving their efficiency in order to satisfy the growing demand of livestock products while at the same time reducing their emissions.
Julian Esteban Rivera Herrera   +2 more
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Greenhouse gas implications of leucaena-based pastures. Can we develop an emissions reduction methodology for the beef industry?

open access: yesTropical Grasslands-Forrajes Tropicales, 2019
Keynote paper presented at the International Leucaena Conference, 1‒3 November 2018, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. The perennial legume leucaena (Leucaena leucocephala) is grown across the subtropics for a variety of purposes including livestock ...
Nigel Tomkins   +6 more
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Detection of toxicity in ruminants consuming leucaena (Leucaena leucocephala) using a urine colorimetric test

open access: yesTropical Grasslands - Forrajes Tropicales, 2014
Leucaena (Leucaena leucocephala), a productive leguminous shrub for feeding ruminant livestock, contains the toxic amino acid, mimosine, which post ingestion is converted to 3,4-DHP and 2,3-DHP, isomers of dihydroxy-pyridone. While DHP generally does not produce acute toxic symptoms in animals, it has been suggested that it is an appetite suppressant ...
Graham, Sam R.   +3 more
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Adoption of leucaena-based feeding systems in Sumbawa, eastern Indonesia and its impact on cattle productivity and farm profitability

open access: yesTropical Grasslands-Forrajes Tropicales, 2019
Keynote paper presented at the International Leucaena Conference, 1‒3 November 2018, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.Leucaena has been fed to cattle by the Balinese community in Sumbawa and West Sumbawa districts on Sumbawa Island since the 1980s ...
Dahlanuddin   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Leucaena leucocephala (Lam.) de Wit Seeds: A New Potential Source of Sulfhydryl Compounds

open access: yes, 2020
Leucaena leucocephala (Lam.) de Wit is a tropical leguminous tree in the family Leguminosae and is found in Indonesia and other tropical areas.1,2 Seeds produced from trees in this family are often eaten as food and have several health benefits. Leucaena
Sri Wardatun   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Productividad de la leucaena (leucocephala) en la Cuenca del Río Hondo, Quintana Roo: efecto de la altura y frecuencia del corte.

open access: yesRevista Mexicana de Ciencias Pecuarias, 1986
No obstante ser nativa de México, la Leucaena leucocephala no ha sido estudiada ampliamente en nuestro país en lo que se refiere a su potencial como forraje para los anímales aun cuando ha sido diseminada a casi todas las áreas tropicales del mundo.
J. Becerra Becerra   +2 more
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Incorporating leucaena into goat production systems

open access: yesTropical Grasslands-Forrajes Tropicales, 2019
Keynote paper presented at the International Leucaena Conference, 1‒3 November 2018, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. The integration of leucaena into goat production systems in the tropics and subtropics is reviewed. Goats are well adapted to leucaena,
Frances C. Cowley, Romana Roschinsky
doaj   +1 more source

Adoption, profitability and future of leucaena feeding systems in Australia

open access: yesTropical Grasslands-Forrajes Tropicales, 2019
Keynote paper presented at the International Leucaena Conference, 1‒3 November 2018, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. Leucaena (Leucaena leucocephala ssp.
Stuart Buck   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Nutritional composition of 'Ponta Negra' forage sorghum silage enriched with dried Leucaena leucocephala forage

open access: yesSemina: Ciências Agrárias, 2019
he aim of this study was to evaluate fermentation and chemical characteristics and the in situ degradability of sorghum silages enriched with dried Leucaena.
Clésio dos Santos Costa   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

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