Evaluates the effects of additional cottonseed cake, a nitrogen source which is moderately degraded in the rumen, on the nutritive value of ammoniated and untreated wheat straw; and assesses also the performance of growing wether sheep fed on the treatment diets.
Wanyoike, M.M.
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Meshesha, A.H.
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Said, A.N.
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Karau, P.K.
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[Influence of nitrogen supplementation on voluntary intake and liveweight performance of wether sheep on wheat straw diets]
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Influence of nitrogen supplementation on voluntary intake and liveweight performance of wether sheep on wheat straw diets
Three accessions of Sesbania sesban (10865, 15019 and 15036) and one accession of Sesbania goetzei (15007) were used as protein supplements for rams fed maize (Zea mays) stover in a growth trial and a digestion trial which investigated the effects of proanthocyanidins (PAs) on protein digestion. ...
Weigand, R.O.
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Reed, J.D.
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Said, A.N.
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Umunna, N.N.
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[Proanthocyanidins (condensed tannins) and the use of leaves from Sesbania sesban and Sesbania goetzei as protein supplements]
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Proanthocyanidins (condensed tannins) and the use of leaves from Sesbania sesban and Sesbania goetzei as protein supplements
Assesses the potential of Desmodium intortum, Macrotyloma axillare and Stylosanthes guianensis in improving the utilization of a basal diet of maize stover by sheeMaize stover used in this experiment was high in lignocellulosic cell-wall constituents and very low in CS. guianensis hay contained h...
Said, A.N.
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Tolera, A.
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[The supplementary value of forage legume hays in sheep feeding: Feed intake, nitrogen retention and body weight change]
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The supplementary value of forage legume hays in sheep feeding: Feed intake, nitrogen retention and body weight change
The effects of forage supplement and level of maize grain (Zea mays L.) offered on intake, digestibility, N balance, and rate of gain were determined for rams fed teff straw (Eragrostis abyssinica). Supplements (leaves from five trees, Faidherbia albida, Carissa edulis, Dichrostachys cinerea, Leu...
Wiegand, R.O.
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Reed, J.D.
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Combs, D.K.
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Said, A.N.
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[Leaves from tropical trees as protein supplements in diets for sheep]
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Leaves from tropical trees as protein supplements in diets for sheep