animals Article Nutritional and Anti-Nutritional Factors in Vicia sativa L. Seeds and the Variability of Phenotypic and Morphological Characteristics of Some Vetch Accessions Cultivated in European Countries Eugeniusz R. Grela 1 , Wioletta Samoli ´nska 1,* , Wojciech Rybi ´nski 2, Bozena˙ Kiczorowska 1 , Edyta Kowalczuk-Vasilev 1 , Jan Matras 1 and Sylwia Wesołowska 3 1 Institute of Animal Nutrition and Bromatology, University of Life Sciences, 20-934 Lublin, Poland;
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[email protected] Simple Summary: This study was designed to determine the contents of nutrients and some anti- nutritional factors in the seeds of common vetch (Vicia sativa L.) and the variation of phenotypic and morphological traits in field studies of 44 European accessions, originating from Russia, Ukraine, Poland, the Czech Republic, the Slovak Republic, Hungary, and Germany and grown in the same soil-climate conditions. The results of the research showed that common vetch seeds may be valuable protein-rich feed stuff, but their nutritional usefulness is limited by the presence of anti-nutritional factors. Citation: Grela, E.R.; Samoli´nska,W.; Rybi´nski,W.; Kiczorowska, B.; Abstract: Agricultural research has traditionally focused on staple crops, while relatively little atten- Kowalczuk-Vasilev, E.; Matras, J.; tion has been given to minor crops.