Rapid growth of the human and livestock populations in sub-Saharan Africa is creating unprecedented increases in food and feed demands. These population pressures on a fixed landbases are likely to promote severe competition for resources and drive agriculture progressively towards intensificatio...
Smith, Jimmy W.
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Naazie, A.
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Larbi, Asamoah
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Agyemang, K.
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Tarawali, Shirley A.
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[Integrated crop-livestock systems in sub-Saharan Africa: An option or an imperative?]
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Integrated crop-livestock systems in sub-Saharan Africa: An option or an imperative?
Bottoms, K.
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Dewey, C.E.
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Poljak, Z.
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Richardson, K.
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Carter, N.
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[Feed Division of Ontario Agri-business Association, Guelph, Canada-Ontario (Regional): Industry identification of and solutions to disease and pathogen risks related to feed delivery services]
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Feed Division of Ontario Agri-business Association, Guelph, Canada-Ontario (Regional): Industry identification of and solutions to disease and pathogen risks related to feed delivery services
A study was conducted in the humid-forest, forest-savanna, and Guinea savanna zones of West Africa from 1993 to 1999 to examine the effect of managing crop residues from cereal-legume cropping systems for mulch and fodder for sheeIncreasing the proportion of total crop residues produced from a un...
Larbi, Asamoah
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Smith, Jimmy W.
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Adekunle, I.O.
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Agyare, W.A.
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Gbaraneh, L.D.
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Tanko, R.J.
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Akinlade, J.
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Omokaye, A.T.
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Karbo, N.
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Aboh, N.
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[Crop residues for mulch and feed in crop livestock systems: Impact on maize grain yield and soil properties in the West African humid forest and Savanna zones]
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Crop residues for mulch and feed in crop livestock systems: Impact on maize grain yield and soil properties in the West African humid forest and Savanna zones
Fodder tree legumes are valuable sources of high quality feed in the dry season when pasture productivity can be low and of poor quality. To ensure sustained fodder availability from Leucaena leucocephala (Lam.) de Wit and Gliricidia sepium (Jacq.) Walp in the dry season (November-February) the b...
Cobbina, J.
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[Strategies for increased fodder production from Leucaena and Gliricidia to eliminate dry season feed shortages in the humid tropics]
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Strategies for increased fodder production from Leucaena and Gliricidia to eliminate dry season feed shortages in the humid tropics
The major limitation to ruminant production in many tropical regions of Africa, Asia and Australia is poor nutrition. Annual growth rates of animals are restricted by the low nitrogen and high fiber content of the native grasses and crop residues that form the basis of the diets in these regions....
McSweeney, C.S.
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Odenyo, A.A.
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Krause, D.O.
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[Rumen microbial responses to antinutritive factors in fodder trees and shrub legumes]
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Rumen microbial responses to antinutritive factors in fodder trees and shrub legumes
Cattle, sheep, goats, buffalo and other ruminant animals in developing countries feed mainly on poor-quality plant material, on natural rangelands or pastures as well as on bushes, trees and crop residues. The efficient utilization of such materials depends upon symbiotic micro-organisms in one o...
The efficiency of compensatory growth of 50 Bos indicus (25 Arsi & 25 Borana) bulls with age 28-36 months following different levels of feed restriction for 90 days was studied. The bulls were blocked by weight and randomly assigned to five dietary treatments: ad libitum feeding for the entire pe...
Tolla, N.
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Mirkena, T.
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Yiemegnuhal, A.
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[Comparison of the efficiency of compensatory growth of Borana and Arsi cattle in Ethiopia]
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Comparison of the efficiency of compensatory growth of Borana and Arsi cattle in Ethiopia
Forage development is one of the strategies to address feed scarcity and low livestock productivity in Ethiopia. In line with government strategy, multiple actors took part in a forage development programme for six years (2004–09) in Alaba Special District, in southern Ethiopia. This paper analys...
Shiferaw, A.
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Puskur, Ranjitha
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Tegegne, Azage
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Hoekstra, Dirk
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[Innovation in forage development: Empirical evidence from Alaba Special District, southern Ethiopia]
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Innovation in forage development: Empirical evidence from Alaba Special District, southern Ethiopia
Choudhary, S.
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Hash, C.T.
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Sagar, P.
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Prasad, K.V.S.V.
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Blümmel, Michael
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[Near infrared spectroscopy estimation of pearl millet grain composition and feed quality]
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Near infrared spectroscopy estimation of pearl millet grain composition and feed quality
This study is aimed to characterize progesterone profiles of Menz ewes during gestation with intent to gain insight into applied clinical endocrinology in early pregnancy diagnosis and monitoring of prenatal reproductive wastage. Mean hormone concentrations were basal, but increased and remained ...
Mukasa-Mugerwa, E.
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Viviani, P.
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[Progesterone concentrations in peripheral plasma of Menz sheep during gestation and parturition]
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Progesterone concentrations in peripheral plasma of Menz sheep during gestation and parturition