The animal production is a satisfactory index activity in the Amazon region. Ruminants are mainly kept on pastures cultivated, in soil of low fertility, submited to climatic stresses, with negative consequences on the availability and nutritional value of forage produced. In this aspect, technological innovations adjusted to the region will contribute to rise the productive standards of the cattle, by the intensification in the use of feed supplementation, with adapted leguminous. The Pueraria phaseoloides leguminous presents many advantages as a culture to intercalate, being distinguished as having better conservation of the ground, high production of green mass, high protein content of the leaf and other advantages. Thus, 'pueraria' is as an alternative for feed supplementation of ruminants, due to its forage potential.
chemical composition; crude protein; digestibility; forage; intake
