Leucaena leucocephala as a quality supplement to Pennisetum clandestinum foggage: A preliminary study.

Abstract

The performance of growing beef steers grazing foggaged dryland Pennisetum clandestinum (kikuyu) pastures and given limited access (3 h d exp -1) to Leucaena leucocephala cv. Cunningham(leucaena) was compared to that of steers grazing only kikuyu foggage during autumn and early winter. Illustrates with graphs and tablesLanguage: English

Keywords: Forage legumes; Invasive aliens; Kikuyu; Leucaena; Leucaena leucocephala cv. Cunningham; Pennisetum clandestinum; Steer production; Winter supplement; animal performance; beef steers; dryland; foggage; grazing; leaves; performance; quality; leucaena leucocephala; pastures; winter; southern africa