Effects and fate of tannins in ruminant animals, adaptation to tannins, and strategies to overcome detrimental effects of feeding tannin-rich feeds

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Integrating woody species into livestock feeding in the Mediterranean areas of Europe (2008, background): “Divided into hydrolysable and condensed tannins, they are considered to have both adverse and beneficial effects in animal nutrition depending on their concentration in the diet, animal species and the physiological state of the animals (Makkar, 2003).”
Supplementation of Acacia mearnsii tannins decreases methanogenesis and urinary nitrogen in forage-fed sheep (2005, background): “Although effects of tannins on rumen protozoal counts are variable (Makkar 2003), a certain evidence exists for lower protozoal numbers in the presence of tannins (Yáñez Ruiz et al.”
Nutritional management to improve sheep and goat performances in semiarid regions (2010, background): “These two compounds have both beneficial and adverse effects depending upon the nature and the amount an animal consumes (Makkar, 2003).”