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An update on leucaena toxicity: Is inoculation really necessary?

Researchers Max Shelton, Graham Kerven and Michael Halliday from University of Queensland, and Scott Dalzell (Leucaena Research and Consulting, Port Macquarie) have provided this valuable update about some new findings regarding the management of leucaena toxicity….

 

 

RECENTLY there has been discussion about the rumen inoculation status of cattle grazing leucaena as a management strategy against possible toxicity.

In this article, we outline the findings of long-term University of Queensland / CSIRO studies that identified another pathway animals use to detoxify leucaena. This…

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