Presents the results of feeding trials in three villages in Gambia, viz, Keneba, Pirang & Nioro Jattaba, conducted to assess responses during the dry season to small inputs of a protein supplement in recently calved cows and in young suckling calves.
Riley, J.A.
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Agyemang, K.
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Dwinger, R.H.
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Jeannin, P.
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Grieve, A.S.
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Little, D.A.
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[N'Dama cattle production in relation to nutritional interventions in villages in The Gambia]
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N'Dama cattle production in relation to nutritional interventions in villages in The Gambia
The experiments took place in the villages of Pirang (low trypanosomiasis risk), Keneba and Nioro Jattaba (low-to-medium trypanosomiasis risk). In Nioro Jattaba, cows milked once a day while in the other two villages cows milked twice a day. In Pirang and Keneba, 45 calves taken from each village...
Riley, J.A.
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Agyemang, K.
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Dwinger, R.H.
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Jeannin, P.
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Grieve, A.S.
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Little, D.A.
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[N'Dama cattle production in relation to nutritional interventions in villages in The Gambia]
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N'Dama cattle production in relation to nutritional interventions in villages in The Gambia
Quantifies the effects of postpartum body weight changes on subsequent reproductive performance of N'Dama cattle managed under traditional husbandry systems in Gambia. Analysis of body weights from 4 months before conception to the month of conception showed that 71 percent of cows were gaining w...
Agyemang, K.
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Little, D.A.
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Bah, M.L.
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[Effects of postpartum body weight changes on subsequent reproductive performance in N'Dama cattle maintained under traditional husbandry systems]
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Effects of postpartum body weight changes on subsequent reproductive performance in N'Dama cattle maintained under traditional husbandry systems
Reports an experiment in which small quantities of groundnut cake were fed during the dry season to lactating N'Dama cows maintained under village husbandry conditions in The Gambia, resulting in significant increases in quantities of milk offtake and in rates of growth of the suckling calves, an...
Little, D.A.
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Riley, J.A.
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Agyemang, K.
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Jeannin, P.
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Grieve, A.S.
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Badjie, B.
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Dwinger, R.H.
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[Effect of groundnut cake supplementation during the dry season on productivity characteristics of N'Dama cows under village husbandry conditions in The Gambia]
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Effect of groundnut cake supplementation during the dry season on productivity characteristics of N'Dama cows under village husbandry conditions in The Gambia
Four experiments were carried out in which supplements of locally available proteinaceous by-products were given to young, mainly pre-weaned calves that ranged in initial weight from 30 to 90 kg. The experiments were part of a programme designed to establish practical and economical nutrition int...
Groups of lactating N'Dama cows maintained under traditional husbandry conditions were given dry season supplements of locally available oil seed residues to establish nutritional recommendations for improving livestock productivity in the sub-humid zone of West Africa. In one experiment cows wer...
Little, D.A.
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Wassink, G.J.
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Agyemang, K.
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Leperre, P.
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Janneh, L.
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Badjie, B.
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[Feed supplementation of lactating N'Dama cows under village husbandry]
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Feed supplementation of lactating N'Dama cows under village husbandry
A multi-country study was initiated in 1996 to collate, and to generate data to estimate response to feed and health inputs in indigenous cattle to be used in input-output predictive models. Results on two experiments are Reported. At ILRI Ibadan (Trial 1), 4 groups each to 5 lactating Bunaji cow...
Agyemang, K.
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Tona, G.
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Smith, Jimmy W.
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Larbi, Asamoah
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[Estimation of dairy response curves of indigenous cattle in West Africa. Bunaji cattle. Abstract]
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Estimation of dairy response curves of indigenous cattle in West Africa. Bunaji cattle. Abstract
Reports results of an experiment conducted to compare sesame cake with cottonseed when used as sources of supplementary protein in terms of their capacity to support increased growth rate of weaned N'Dama bulls. Observations were made of water intake and diurnal fluctuations in body temperature t...
Little, D.A.
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Grinten, P. van der
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Dwinger, R.H.
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Agyemang, K.
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Kora, S.
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[Comparison of sesame cake and cottonseed as supplementary sources of protein to weaned N'Dama bull calves in The Gambia]
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Comparison of sesame cake and cottonseed as supplementary sources of protein to weaned N'Dama bull calves in The Gambia