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Feeding value of hays of tropical forage legumes in pigs: Vigna unguiculata, Psophocarpus scandens, Pueraria phaseoloides and Stylosanthes guianensis

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The effects of four tropical forage legume hays (Vigna unguiculata, Psophocarpus scandens, Pueraria phaseoloides and Stylosanthes guianensis) on voluntary feed intake (VFI) and their nutritive value were studied in growing pigs using a corn-soybean meal-based diet containing varying proportions of forage legume hays (0, 10, 20 and 40 % or 0, 12.5 and 25 % for VFI and nutritive value determination, respectively). There was no difference in VFI between species (P > 0.20), but a linear response to forage inclusion level (P < 0.05) was observed decreasing from 126 for 0 % to approximately 84 g/kg of body weight for the 40 % forage diets, except for V. unguiculata, where the response was quadratic (P = 0.01). All four forage species linearly decreased the total tract apparent digestibility (TTAD) from 0.76 to 0.61, 0.80 to 0.68, 0.54 to 0.40 and 0.58 to 0.31 except for S. guianensis (0.44) for DM, N, NDF and N retention, respectively. Differences in digestibility (P < 0.05) between species were also observed. Due to their negative influence on the overall digestibility, the contribution of hays should not exceed 12.5 %, except for S. guianensis, in which N retention remained quite high (0.44) at the highest inclusion level (25 %). P. phaseoloides hay should be avoided in pigs as it combines the lowest VFI with the lowest nutrient digestibility.

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The authors gratefully acknowledge Wallonie-Bruxelles International (Brussels, Belgium) for funding this study (CAVTK project) and the workers in Kolo-Fuma (SEBO, Bas-Congo, DRC) for their support.

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    Bienvenu Kambashi & Honoré Kiatoko

  2. Animal Science Unit, Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech, University of Liège, Passage des Déportés, 2, 5030, Gembloux, Belgium

    Bienvenu Kambashi, Christelle Boudry, Pascale Picron & Jérôme Bindelle

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Kambashi, B., Boudry, C., Picron, P. et al. Feeding value of hays of tropical forage legumes in pigs: Vigna unguiculata, Psophocarpus scandens, Pueraria phaseoloides and Stylosanthes guianensis . Trop Anim Health Prod 46, 1497–1502 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11250-014-0647-9

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