FORAGE CROPS for SMALL RUMINANTS

Question 1

is composed of plant leaves and stems mostly eaten by grazing animals. It can be herbaceous legumes, grasses, shrubs or tree legumes.

Answer 1

Forage

Question 2

Types of Forage?

Answer 2

• Grasses
• Legumes

Question 3

Serves as main feed for ruminants

Answer 3

Grasses

Question 4

Produces more biomass than
legumes

Answer 4

Grasses

Question 5

Provides better quality feeds

Answer 5

Legumes

Question 6

Provides protein, vitamins and
minerals for more improved
performance of animals

Answer 6

Legumes

Question 7

Leguminous crop are cheap
source of feeds

Answer 7

Legumes

Question 8

It has lesser chance of ingesting
infective larvae as compared to
grazing lower growing vegetation

Answer 8

Legumes

Question 9

MPTS

Answer 9

Multi – Purpose Tree Species

Question 10

Selection of Forage Species to Plant:

Answer 10

 Adaptability to the environment
 Nutritive Value
 Availability of planting materials

Question 11

White ball acacia (Sci-name)

Answer 11

Acaciella Angustissima

Question 12

 Drought tolerant
 Used as livestock feed
 High in protein

Answer 12

White ball acacia

Question 13

Mulbery (Sci-name)

Answer 13

Morus sp.

Question 14

 Leaves and stalks are fed to
ruminants
 It has 70.8% for digestible CP, 48.4% for total digestible nutrients and 35.6 % for starch equivalent on a dry basis
 The digestibility of mulberry leaf: in vivo (goats) 78.4-80.8% and in vitro are very high (89.2%)

Answer 14

Mulbery

Question 15

Hairy indigo (sci-name)

Answer 15

Indigofera hirsuta L.

Question 16

Warm season legume and is used as a green manure and cover crop
 Contains 23.8 percent crude protein, 2.0 percent ether extract, 15.2 percent crude fibre, 46.8 percent nitrogen-free extract, 1.88 percent calcium and 0.37 percent phosphorus

Answer 16

Hairy indigo

Question 17

Kakawate (sci-name)

Answer 17

Gliricidia sepium

Question 18

 Used as cut and carry forage for
cattle, sheep, and goats
 High in protein

Answer 18

Kakawate

Question 19

Madre de Agua (sci-name)

Answer 19

Trichanthera gigantea

Question 20

Flamengia; malabalatong (sci-name)

Answer 20

Flemingia macrophylla

Question 21

 Contains 22.7 % crude protein (CP) and 8%tannin
 Low digestibility because of
high tannin and fibre content.
 Low palatability to cattle, particularly in the wet season.

Answer 21

Flamegia; malabalatong

Question 22

Pigeon Pea (sci-name)

Answer 22

Cajanus cajan (L.) Millsp.

Question 23

 Used as a protein source or
supplement, due to its high
concentration in CP in both seeds
and leaves
 The leaves are high in fiber,
particularly ADF and lignin

Answer 23

Pigeon Pea

Question 24

Ipil-ipil (sci-name)

Answer 24

Leucaena leucocephala (Lam.) de wit

Question 25

 Provides an excellent source of
high-protein cattle fodder
 Contains mimosine, a toxic amino acid which is metabolized to goitrogenic DHP

Answer 25

Ipil-ipil

Question 26

Desmanthus (sci-name)

Answer 26

Desmanthus virgatus

Question 27

 It makes a good food plant for
cattle, it is not as promising a
feed for pigs
 It is very tolerant of grazing

Answer 27

Desmanthus

Question 28

Agati (sci-name)

Answer 28

Sesbania grandiflora (L.) Pers.

Question 29

Katuray (sci-name)

Answer 29

Sesbania sesban (L.) Merr.

Question 30

 A source of cut and carry forage
 Used as a grazed forage
 Leaves are a good source of protein for cattle and sheep

Answer 30

Katuray

Question 31

Calopo (sci-name)

Answer 31

Calopogoniummucunoides Desv.

Question 32

 Used as cover crop
 It provides soil protection against erosion, reduces soil temperature, improves soil fertility and controls weeds
 can be grazed or cut and fed fresh
 Has a low nutritive value

Answer 32

Calopo

Question 33

Peanut (sci-name)

Answer 33

Arachis hypogaea L.

Question 34

Manimanian, perennial
peanut, rhizoma peanut (sci-name)

Answer 34

Arachis glabrata

Question 35

Star grass (sci-name)

Answer 35

Cynodon plectostachyus (K.
Schum.) Pilger

Question 36

Alabang X (sci-name)

Answer 36

Dichanthium
aristatum

Question 37

Guinea grass (sci-name)

Answer 37

Megathyrsus maximus

Question 38

Napier grass, Elephant grass (sci-name)

Answer 38

Pennisetum purpureum

Question 39

Stylo (sci-name)

Answer 39

Stylosanthes guianensis