Discusses biological options available for improvement in the productivity of pastoral systems, particularly referring to problems arising from aridity and under-nutrition, and problems of particular systems such as mortality of young stock, bush encroachment, epidemic diseases and management sys...
Discusses the effects of the interaction among genotype, animal health & nutrition on livestock productivity within a particular environment, w. spec. ref. to results of work undertaken by ILCA on the nutrition component of the system, using availability & composition of forage, and composition &...
Discusses the need for condition scoring and how to condition score. Presents a description of condition scores and shows how to use the data. Illustrates with diagram the distinctive anatomical parts of importance in condition scoring and presents photographs of cattle in good condition and emac...
Description of the Malawi zebu dealing w. its origins, body characteristics, reproduction, growth characteristics, teeth eruption, carcass quality and milk yield & composition.
Presents findings of a study conducted to determine changes in feed intake and utilization by oxen during work, comparing estimated energy balance and liveweight change in local zebu and crossbreds. Also assesses breed effects on water intake, feed intake and utilization.
Reports results of an experiment conducted to determine the effect of diet restriction on work performance and body weight in crossbred and local oxen worked as singles in farmers' fields around Debre Zeit, Ethiopia, during the normal cultivation season.
Astatke, A.
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Reed, J.D.
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Butterworth, M.H.
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[Effect of diet restriction on work performance and weight loss of local Zebu and Friesian X Boran crossbred oxen]
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Effect of diet restriction on work performance and weight loss of local Zebu and Friesian X Boran crossbred oxen
Butterworth, M.H.
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McNitt, J.I.
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[Projection of cattle herd composition using a programmable calculator]
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Projection of cattle herd composition using a programmable calculator
Deals with an experiment on the use of legume to enhance crop residue utilization by ruminants; includes in the study - hay from Trifolium tembense, 20 Ethiopian highland sheep, and teff & wheat straw, oat hay and maize stover.
Mosi, A.K.
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Butterworth, M.H.
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[Utilisation de Trifolium tembense pour completer les rations des ruminants a base de residus agricoles]
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Utilisation de Trifolium tembense pour completer les rations des ruminants a base de residus agricoles
Compares the effects of noug meal, Trifolium tembense hay and urea, fed in different combinations as supplements to wheat or teff straws, on feed intake and growth rate of crossbred heifers.
Olayiwole, M.B.
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Butterworth, M.H.
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Sayers, A.R.
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Olorunju, S.A.S.
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[Effet d'une supplementation de pailles de cereales avec de l'uree, du foin de Trifolium et du tourteau de noug sur l'ingestion et le gain ponderal de genisses hybrides]
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Effet d'une supplementation de pailles de cereales avec de l'uree, du foin de Trifolium et du tourteau de noug sur l'ingestion et le gain ponderal de genisses hybrides
Examines the effects of supplementing diets based on common Ethiopian crop residues (teff, wheat and oat straws and maize stover) with different proportions of hay made from a common local clover, Triofolium tembense.
Butterworth, M.H.
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Mosi, A.K.
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[Consommation volontaire et digestibilite de rations pour ovins composees de residus de recoltes cerealieres et de foins de legumineuses]
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Consommation volontaire et digestibilite de rations pour ovins composees de residus de recoltes cerealieres et de foins de legumineuses