The cafteria technique using three-year-old West African Dwarf sheep was used to determine relative palatability differences within 28 provenances of Gliricidia sepium collected from west African and central America. Leucaena leucocephala and Guazuma ulmifolia were included as controls. Significa...
Larbi, Asamoah
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Osakwe, I.I.
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Lambourne, J.W.
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[Variation in relative palatability to sheep among Gliricidia sepium provenances]
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Variation in relative palatability to sheep among Gliricidia sepium provenances
Two experiments were conducted using dried leaves of Alchornea cordifolia, Ficus capensis, Manniophytum fulvum and Albizza niopoides. In Experiment 1, dry matter (DM) degradation characteristics were investigated using the in sacco nylon bag technique in West African Dwarf (WAD) sheep, WAD goats ...
Smith, Jimmy W.
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Larbi, Asamoah
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Jabbar, M.A.
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Akinlade, J.
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[Rumen degradation in sheep, goats and cattle and voluntary intake by sheep of four browse species]
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Rumen degradation in sheep, goats and cattle and voluntary intake by sheep of four browse species
Crude protein content and in sacco dry matter (DM) loss after 72 h of incubation in West African Dwarf (WAD) sheep and goats of fresh, wilted and dried leaves of Gliricidia sepium were compared. Additionally, voluntary DM intakes by WAD sheep and goats of G. sepium leaves presented in the fresh, ...
Smith, Jimmy W.
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Larbi, Asamoah
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Jabbar, M.A.
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Akinlade, J.
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[Voluntary intake by sheep and goats of Gliricidia sepium fed in three states and at three levels of supplementation to a basal diet of Panicum maximum]
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Voluntary intake by sheep and goats of Gliricidia sepium fed in three states and at three levels of supplementation to a basal diet of Panicum maximum
Feeding value of Erythrina abyssinica leaves were evaluated with native sheep and goats at Soddo, southern Ethiopia in a 21-day digestibility and 80- day growth trial. In the digestibility trial, wilted leaves of E. abyssinica were fed add libitum, while in the growth trial, animals were offered ...
Larbi, Asamoah
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Thomas, D.
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Hanson, Jean
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[Forage potential of Erythrina abyssinica: Intake, digestibility and growth rates for stall-fed sheep and goats in southern Ethiopia]
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Forage potential of Erythrina abyssinica: Intake, digestibility and growth rates for stall-fed sheep and goats in southern Ethiopia
Rumen degradation characteristics of DM in edible forage of 25 multipurpose tree and shrub fodders (MPTS) harvested at the end of the main-wet (April-August 1992), minor-wet (September-November 1992) and dry (December 1992-March 1993) seasons were determined in rumen-fistulated Bunaji cattle (BC)...
Larbi, Asamoah
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Smith, Jimmy W.
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Raji, A.M.
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Kurdi, I.O.
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Adekunle, I.O.
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Ladipo, D.O.
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[Seasonal dynamics in dry matter degradation of browse in cattle, sheep and goats]
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Seasonal dynamics in dry matter degradation of browse in cattle, sheep and goats
Compares voluntary feed intake and apparent dry matter (DM), crude protein (CP) and crude fibre (CF) digestibility coefficients of napier grass (Pennisetum purpureum schum) whole-plant and leaf and stem fractions by West African Dwarf (WAD) sheep and goats. Napier grass was cut after 6 weeks of r...
Larbi, Asamoah
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Fianu, F.K.
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Akude, F.K.
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[Voluntary intake and digestibility by sheep and goats of whole-plant, leaf and stem fractions of Pennisetum purpureum Schum]
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Voluntary intake and digestibility by sheep and goats of whole-plant, leaf and stem fractions of Pennisetum purpureum Schum
There are widely varying perceptions of the acceptability of Gliricidia sepium (Jacq.) Steud. to ruminants in different parts of the tropics. The possibility that there is a genetic basis for this apparent variation was investigated in a series of feeding experiments with small ruminants. The sam...
Stewart, J.L.
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Dunsdon, A.J.
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Kass, M.
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López Ortiz, S.
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Larbi, Asamoah
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Premaratne, S.
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Tangendjaja, B.
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Wina, E.
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Vargas, J.E.
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[Genetic variation in the nutritive value of Gliricidia sepium. 1. Acceptability, intake, digestibility and live weight gain in small ruminants]
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Genetic variation in the nutritive value of Gliricidia sepium. 1. Acceptability, intake, digestibility and live weight gain in small ruminants
Larbi, Asamoah
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Smith, Jimmy W.
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Raji, A.M.
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Adekunle, I.O.
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[Seasonal degradation of dry matter in browse by cattle, sheep and goats]
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Seasonal degradation of dry matter in browse by cattle, sheep and goats
Information on the utilisation of legume hays from an intercropping system as a feed supplement is limited. Three forage legume hays (Stylosanthes guianensis, Lablab purpureus and Aeschynomene histrix) were compared by feeding them as supplements for yearling West African Dwarf rams (LWt 18.0±2.2...
Akinlade, J.
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Smith, Jimmy W.
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Larbi, Asamoah
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Archibald, A.L.
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Adekunle, I.O.
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[Forage from cropping systems as dry season supplements for sheep]
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Forage from cropping systems as dry season supplements for sheep
Considering leguminous trees Leucaena and Gliricidia as good sources of quality food, on-station and on-farm studies were conducted in the humid zone of West Africa to establish animal responses to levels, times and forms of browse supplementation, to develop alternative feeding strategies for ut...
Jabbar, M.A.
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Reynolds, L.
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Larbi, Asamoah
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Smith, Jimmy W.
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[Nutritional and economic benefits of leucaena and gliricidia as feed supplements for small ruminants in humid West Africa]
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Nutritional and economic benefits of leucaena and gliricidia as feed supplements for small ruminants in humid West Africa