Objectives: To compare average daily gain (ADG) of Ugandan nursery and finisher pigs fed a commercial diet, a forage-based diet, or a silage-based diet, and to compare the cost effectiveness of the diets.
Materials and methods: Each pig was randomly assigned to the commercial diet, the forage-ba...
Carter, Natalie A.
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Dewey, C.E.
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Grace, Delia
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Lukuyu, Ben A.
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Smith, E.
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Lange, C.F.M. de
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[Average daily gain and the impact of starting body weight of individual nursery and finisher Ugandan pigs fed a commercial diet, a forage-based diet, or a silage-based diet]
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Average daily gain and the impact of starting body weight of individual nursery and finisher Ugandan pigs fed a commercial diet, a forage-based diet, or a silage-based diet
Growth performance of pigs on smallholder farms in the tropics is low. Lack of feedstuffs, seasonal feed shortages, and feeding nutritionally unbalanced diets contribute to slow growth. Low-cost balanced diets are needed to improve pig performance. In this study, we estimated the nutrient require...
Carter, Natalie A.
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Dewey, C.E.
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Thomas, L.F.
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Lukuyu, Ben A.
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Grace, Delia
,
Lange, C.F.M. de
,
[Nutrient requirements and low-cost balanced diets, based on seasonally available local feedstuffs, for local pigs on smallholder farms in western Kenya]
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Nutrient requirements and low-cost balanced diets, based on seasonally available local feedstuffs, for local pigs on smallholder farms in western Kenya
Carter, N.
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Dewey, C.E.
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Lukuyu, Ben A.
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Grace, Delia
,
Lange, C.F.M. de
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[Silage-based diets for local and crossbred pigs in Uganda]
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Silage-based diets for local and crossbred pigs in Uganda
By acquiring livestock poor farmers can ascend out of poverty. Pigs require minimal inputs
and raising them is often within disadvantaged members of society’s means. In East Africa,
2.2 million pigs are raised by resource-poor, subsistence farmers most with under 2 hectares of
cropland. They typi...
Carter, N.
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Dewey, C.E.
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Grace, Delia
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Lukuyu, Ben A.
,
Lange, C.F.M. de
,
[Increasing smallholder pig farmers' adaptive capacity: Low-cost balanced diets for East African pigs using livestock and plant co-products]
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Increasing smallholder pig farmers' adaptive capacity: Low-cost balanced diets for East African pigs using livestock and plant co-products
In this study nutritional values and seasonal availability of 43 local feed ingredients for pigs in Uganda, were estimated based on nutrient analyses and literature values, information needed to develop low-cost balanced rations for pigs on smallholder farms. Parameters considered were: concentra...
Carter, Natalie A.
,
Dewey, C.E.
,
Lukuyu, Ben A.
,
Grace, Delia
,
Lange, C.F.M. de
,
[Nutritional value and seasonal availability of feed ingredients for pigs in Uganda]
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Nutritional value and seasonal availability of feed ingredients for pigs in Uganda
Carter, N.
,
Dewey, C.E.
,
Lukuyu, Ben A.
,
Grace, Delia
,
Lange, C.F.M. de
,
[Nutritional value of feed ingredients for pigs in Uganda]
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Nutritional value of feed ingredients for pigs in Uganda