Applied Animal Nutrition-I

FORAGES FOR FEEDING LIVESTOCK

I. Non-Legume fodder crops

• Jonna or Jowar (Sorghum bicolor)

• Bajra ( Pennisetum americanum)
• Maize ( Zea mays)
• Guinea grass ( Panicum maximum)
• Napier grass or Elephant grass ( Pennisetum purpureum)
• Hybrid Napier

• NB-21
• Rhodes grass ( Chloris gayana)
• Para grass or Buffalo grass or Water grass (Brachiara mutica)
• Anjan Grass ( Cenchrus ciliaris)

II. Legume fodder crops

• Berseem (Trifolium alexandrium)
• Lucerne (Medicago sativa)

• Cowpea ( Vigna anguculata)

• Pillipesara (Phaseolus trilobus)
• Sun hemp ( Crotalaria juncea)
• Horse gram ( Marcotyloma uniflorum)
• Stylo ( Stylosanthes scabra)