Descubre y comparte nuestro conocimiento público

Se han encontrado 7 recursos

Resultados de búsqueda

Data collected at the livestock research centres, Malya and West Kilimanjaro, Tanzania, to determine the effects of genotype and environment on birth weight, weaning weight and weight at 24, 48, and 72 weeks of age were analysed. Records on the birth weight (n = 6207), weaning weight (n = 4444), ...


Sendalo, D.S.C.Das, S.M.Mtenga, L.A.[Growth and reproduction performance of Blackhead Persian sheep in Tanzania]Growth and reproduction performance of Blackhead Persian sheep in Tanzania

A 148 days study was conducted at Morogoro to evaluate the mineral status of Blackhead Persian (BHP) lambs and their response to mineral supplementation under grazing conditions. Soil, forages and blood plasma were analysed monthly for Ca, Mg, P, K, Na, Cu, Fe and Zn. Also pH in soil and CP in fo...


Sendalo, D.S.C.Mtenga, L.A.Ekern, A.[Mineral status of soils and forages and effect of mineral supplementation on performance of lambs]Mineral status of soils and forages and effect of mineral supplementation on performance of lambs

This study compares genetic and non-genetic factors affecting the reproductive performance and mortality rates of Kamorai x Small East African (SEA), Boer x SEA and SEA goats using records kept at the Department of Animal Science and Production, Sokoine University of Agriculture, Tanzania, betwee...


Mtenga, L.A.Kifaro, G.C.Belay, B.[Studies on factors affecting reproductive performance and mortality of Small East African goats and their crosses]Studies on factors affecting reproductive performance and mortality of Small East African goats and their crosses

A study was conducted to investigate the effect of inclusion of Lablab meal on growth rate, feed intake and carcass composition of Black Head Persian (BHP) lambs. Twenty-four BHP castrate sheep with average weight of 14.1 +2.7 kg were allotted randomly to four dietary treatments. Lambs were indiv...


Mafwere, W.D.Mtenga, L.A.[Lablab (Dolichos lablab) meal as protein supplement for weaned fattening lambs]Lablab (Dolichos lablab) meal as protein supplement for weaned fattening lambs

Limiting factors in sheep production in Tanzania are discussed. Due to lack of quantitative data effects of diseases and other factors, the paper partly attempts to quantify the performance of two breeds of sheep (Black Head Persian-BHP and Red Maasai-RM) under one government farm. Statistical co...


Mtenga, L.A.Morungu, L.A.Nyaki, F.PMgheni, M.[Effect of breed and nutrition on performance of sheep in Tanzania]Effect of breed and nutrition on performance of sheep in Tanzania

Growth and digestibility studies were conducted with grazing indigenous Tanzanian goats on different levels of supplementation of Leucaena leucocephala. Four treatments were hay only (H), hay and 100 g leucaena (HL1), hay and 200 g leucaena (HL2) and hay plus leucaena ad libitum (HL3) in the grow...


Mtenga, L.A.Shoo, R.A.[Growth rate, feed intake and feed utilization of Small East African goats supplemented with Leucaena leucocephala]Growth rate, feed intake and feed utilization of Small East African goats supplemented with Leucaena leucocephala

Twenty-four growing indigenous Tanzanian male goats were studied in a completely randomized design experiment with four treatment groups for growth rate, feed conversion ratio (FCR), dressing percentage and carcass composition. The four groups of goats were fed hay ad libitum (A) and hay ad libit...


Mtenga, L.A.Kitaly, A.J.[Growth performance and carcass characteristics of Tanzanian goats fed Chloris gayana hay with different levels of protein supplement]Growth performance and carcass characteristics of Tanzanian goats fed Chloris gayana hay with different levels of protein supplement

Selecciona los documentos para visualizarlos

Nombre del archivo Ver recurso