The anti-nutritional factors in forages - A review
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The toxicity due to the consumption of various forages is very common among the farm animals. The anti-nutritional factors present in the forages are mainly responsible for this. In this review paper, the common anti-nutritional factors viz., nitrates, oxalates, HCN and tannins present in different fodder crops have been discussed with reference to their toxic levels, symptoms and preventive measures to be taken for their safe feeding to dairy animals.
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