3. Eating high salt diet accentuates animal thirst but chemical
analysis of the leaf tissue of Panicum indicates low (13%) ash
content, which is much lower than that for salt accumulators
(34–60%) (http://beefmagazine.com/nutrition/feed-composition-
tables/beef_feed_composition/).
4. Harmful secondary metabolites such as alkaloids and oxalates
(4% in Panicum compared to 14–29% in other halophytes) are
present in much lower amounts in foliage compared to many
halophytes and therefore are little threat to feeding animals.
5. Animals readily eat P. turgidum as a main feed component in
place of maize, without any significant effect on animal thirst or
growth and meat production