Legume tissue quality is a key factor for enhancement of feed resources and contribution to soil fertility in mixed crop-livestock production systems. To compare methods used by soil scientists and animal-nutritionists to assess quality of plant materials, three woody tropical legumes with contra...
Tscherning, K
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Barrios, E.
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Lascano, Carlos E.
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Peters, Michael
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Schultze-Kraft, Rainer
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[Effects of sample post harvest treatment on aerobic decomposition and anaerobic in-vitro digestion of tropical legumes with contracting quality]
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Effects of sample post harvest treatment on aerobic decomposition and anaerobic in-vitro digestion of tropical legumes with contracting quality
An in vitro experiment was performed to compare the forage quality of foliage of Calliandra (Calliandra calothyrsus Meissner var. Patulul) cultivated on either low or medium-fertility soils in Colombia and Kenya, respectively. A grass-alone diet, with and without urea supplementation, and five le...
Hess, HD
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Tiemann, Tassilo T.
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Noto, F
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Franzel, Steven
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Lascano, Carlos E.
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Kreuzer, M.
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[The effects of cultivation site on forage quality of Calliandra calothyrsus var. Patulul]
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The effects of cultivation site on forage quality of Calliandra calothyrsus var. Patulul
Tiemann, Tassilo T.
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Franco, LH
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Peters, Michael
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Frossard, Emmanuel
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Kreuzer, M.
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Lascano, Carlos E.
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Hess, HD
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[Effect of season, soil type and fertilizer on the biomass production and chemical composition of five tropical shrub legumes with forage potential]
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Effect of season, soil type and fertilizer on the biomass production and chemical composition of five tropical shrub legumes with forage potential
Cratylia argentea (Desv.) O. Kuntze is a drought-tolerant tropical shrub legume that can help to ensure continuity of forage supply in smallholder systems either through direct grazing or as a cut-and-carry plant for fresh foliage or silage. A collection of 38 accessions was characterized agronom...
Andersson, Meike S.
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Peters, Michael
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Schultze-Kraft, Rainer
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Franco, LH
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Lascano, Carlos E.
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[Phenological agronomic and forage quality diversity among germplasm accessions of the tropical legume shrub Cratylia argentea]
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Phenological agronomic and forage quality diversity among germplasm accessions of the tropical legume shrub Cratylia argentea
The effects of supplementing a tropical, low-quality grass hay (Brachiaria dictyoneura) with legume foliage (Cratylia argentea) or fruits of the multipurpose tree Sapindus saponaria on ruminal fermentation, methane release and nitrogen (N) utilization were evaluated. Six Swiss White Hill lambs we...
Hess, HD
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Beuret, RA
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Lotscher, M
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Hindrichsen, I.K.
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Machmuller, A
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Carulla, Juan E.
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Lascano, Carlos E.
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Kreuzer, M.
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[Ruminal fermentation, methanogenesis and nitrogen utilization of sheep receiving tropical grass hay-concentrate diets offered with Sapindus saponaria fruits and Cratylia argentea foliage]
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Ruminal fermentation, methanogenesis and nitrogen utilization of sheep receiving tropical grass hay-concentrate diets offered with Sapindus saponaria fruits and Cratylia argentea foliage
Six adult African-type hair sheep (BW = 40.3 +/- 6.3 kg) fitted with ruminal and duodenal cannulas were subjected to four treatments. Sheep were offered basal diets at a rate of 80 g of DM/kg of metabolic BW (equivalent to ad libitum access) consisting either of a low-quality grass hay (Brachiari...
Abreu, A.
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Carulla, Juan E.
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Lascano, Carlos E.
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Díaz, T.E.
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Kreuzer, M.
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Hess, HD
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[Effects of Sapindus saponaria fruits on ruminal fermentation and duodenal nitrogen flow of sheep fed a tropical grass diet with and without legume]
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Effects of Sapindus saponaria fruits on ruminal fermentation and duodenal nitrogen flow of sheep fed a tropical grass diet with and without legume
Extensive comparisons of the effects of tropical shrub legumes rich in condensed tannins (CT) require well-conserved material. It is, however, unclear if the application of even gentle methods like freeze drying (lyophilization) affects the results in comparison to fresh material. Therefore, an e...
Tiemann, Tassilo T.
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Avila Vargas, P
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Lascano, Carlos E.
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Kreuzer, M.
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Hess, HD
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[Effect of freeze drying on in vitro ruminal fermentation dynamics of three tropical shrub legumes with and without condensed tannins]
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Effect of freeze drying on in vitro ruminal fermentation dynamics of three tropical shrub legumes with and without condensed tannins
A feeding trial with sheep was carried out at the Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical (CIAT) in Colombia to investigate the concept of using mixtures of sun-dried tropical shrub legumes to dilute tannin levels in the diet and improve nitrogen (N) utilisation by ruminants. Intake, digesti...
Fassler, OM
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Lascano, Carlos E.
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[The effect of mixtures of sun-dried tropical shrub legumes on intake and nitrogen balance by sheep]
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The effect of mixtures of sun-dried tropical shrub legumes on intake and nitrogen balance by sheep
Hess, HD
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Cortés, J.E.
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Carulla, Juan E.
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Pabón, ML
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Tiemann, Tassilo T.
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Lascano, Carlos E.
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Kreuzer, M.
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[Protein digestibility of tannin-containing forages in the rumen and the abomasum as determined in vitro]
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Protein digestibility of tannin-containing forages in the rumen and the abomasum as determined in vitro