In an experiment lasting from 1.5 years before, first calving until third parturition, 24 purebred indigenous Bos indicus (Boran) cows and 24 Boran crosses will; Holstein (proportionately 0.50 and 0 75 Holstein blood level) were given a diet composed of Bermuda grass hay and wheat bran (0 65: 0 3...
Jenet, A.
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Yimegnuhal, A.
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Fernández Rivera, S.
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Tegegne, Azage
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Osuji, P.O.
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McCrabb, G.J.
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Kreuzer, M.
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[Long-term response to feeding level in lactational performance of Boran (Bos indicus) and Boran X Holstein cows]
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Long-term response to feeding level in lactational performance of Boran (Bos indicus) and Boran X Holstein cows
The influence of food allowance or level of food excess on diet selectivity and intake by sheep given pearl millet stover leaves, and the potential feeding value of the food leftovers (L) were studied. Animals were given food at four levels of L (100, 300, 500 and 700 g dry matter (DM) per day). ...
Fernández Rivera, S.
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Midou, A.
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Marichatou, H.
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[Effect of food allowance on diet selectivity and intake of pearl millet (Pennisetum glaucum) stover leaves by sheep]
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Effect of food allowance on diet selectivity and intake of pearl millet (Pennisetum glaucum) stover leaves by sheep
Striga hermonthica causes serious crop yield losses in West Africa. Hand pulling, an effective method for the reduction of light infestations, might be encouraged if farmers could use this weed as livestock feed. This study evaluated the chemical composition and the voluntary intake and digestion...
Hess, D.E.
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Fernández Rivera, S.
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[A note on the chemical composition, intake and digestion of striga hermonthica herbage by sheep]
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A note on the chemical composition, intake and digestion of striga hermonthica herbage by sheep
In vitro techniques used for evaluating ruminant feeds can be classified into those that estimate gravimetrically their digestibility or degradability by quantifying the insoluble residues that remain after their incubation in inoculum containing rumen fluid, and those that measure the appearance...
Blümmel, Michael
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Fernández Rivera, S.
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[In vitro gas techniques and efficiency of microbial substrate degradation]
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In vitro gas techniques and efficiency of microbial substrate degradation
An experiment, was conducted in semi arid Niger to determine the influence of supplementation with groundnut cake (GC) )0 g kg 1, 2.5 g kg 1, 5 g kg 1, and 7.5 g kg 1 live weight (LW)) and P (0 g day`' and 3 g day 1 animal 1) on diet and millet stover intake and digestibility, sheep growth rate, ...
Sangare, M.
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Fernández Rivera, S.
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Hiernaux, Pierre H.Y.
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Pandey, V.S.
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[Effect of groundnut cake and P on millet stover utilisation and nutrient excretion by sheep]
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Effect of groundnut cake and P on millet stover utilisation and nutrient excretion by sheep
The selective use by cattle of range resources in the Sahel was assessed in terms of quantity and nutritional quality of the herbage grazed and diet selected. Peak standing crop was 1951 kg ha -1 dry matter (DM) with 47.9 kg nitrogen (N) ha-1 and 7.4 kg phosphorus (P) ha -1. Esophageally fistulat...
Ayantunde, Augustine A.
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Hiernaux, Pierre H.Y.
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Fernández Rivera, S.
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Keulen, H. van
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Udo, H.M.J.
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[Selective grazing by cattle on spatially and seasonally heterogenous rangeland in Sahel]
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Selective grazing by cattle on spatially and seasonally heterogenous rangeland in Sahel
Two experiments were conducted to investigate the relationships between work and intake and digestion of food by draught oxen given millet stover. In the first experiment, intake of millet stover, water intake, live weight, plasma concentrations of triiodothyronine, thyroxine and urea-nitrogen we...
Fall, Abdou
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Pearson, R.A.
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Lawrence, P.R.
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Fernández Rivera, S.
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[Nutrition of draught oxen in semi-arid West Africa. 2. Effect of work on intake, apparent digestibility and rate of passage of food through the gastro-intestinal tract in draught oxen given crop residues]
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Nutrition of draught oxen in semi-arid West Africa. 2. Effect of work on intake, apparent digestibility and rate of passage of food through the gastro-intestinal tract in draught oxen given crop residues