Species information
Ruminants
In Cuba, buffaloes fed on grazed pasture diet containing 10% Sporobolus indicus, 22.7% Paspalum virgatum, 18% Paspalum notatum, 21% Dichanthium caricosum, 21.5% Cynodon nlemfuensis and 5.9% native legumes had satisfactory weights at slaughter, carcass yield and meat quality (Fundora et al., 2004).
In Australia, Hereford steers fed on poor Sporobolus indicus grassland and supplemented with urea produced good results, demonstrating that N supplementation could help in utilizing this invasive species (Mears et al., 1996).
Goats find smut grass palatable and are used to control the species in Australia (Holst et al., 2001).