The paper reports on accidental urea toxicity in lambs associated with group feeding of urea-molasses block (UMB). The feeding method, the estimated toxic dose, and the incident of toxicity are described. The clinical signs, treatment, outcome, and gross pathological findings are discussed. The d...
Tibbo, Markos
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Amare, H.
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Haile, Aynalem
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Mukasa-Mugerwa, E.
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[Urea toxicity associated with urea-molasses block feeding in lambs in the central highland of Ethiopia]
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Urea toxicity associated with urea-molasses block feeding in lambs in the central highland of Ethiopia
Genetic resistance to artificially acquired gastrointestinal parasites was studied in 49 Horro and 103 Menz breeds of Ethiopia. The experimental design involved 2 breeds, 2 infection treatments (Infected vs Non infected) and 3 dietary protein treatments using 152 lambs assigned to the 12 treatmen...
Evaluates the growth performance of calves born to Boran cows and weaned at either six or eight months. Early weaned calves were further divided to either receive supplementary feed until eight months of age or serve as controls. There was no significant differences between Boran and crossbred ca...
Tegegne, Azage
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Mukasa-Mugerwa, E.
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Ketema, H.
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[Effect of early weaning on the growth performance of Boran and Boran X Friesian bull calves]
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Effect of early weaning on the growth performance of Boran and Boran X Friesian bull calves
Fourty eight mature Ethiopian Menz ewes were used to investigate the effect on nutrition on oestrous and ovarian activity in tropical sheeA control group was fed on hay alone and a high nutrition group received an additional 400g per ewe per d of a concentrate feed providing 263 g crude protein/k...
Mukasa-Mugerwa, E.
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Anindo, D.O.
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Lahlou-Kassi, A.
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Mutiga, E.R.
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Sovani, S.
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[Seasonal variation in ovarian and oestrous activity of tropical Menz sheep as affected by plane of nutrition]
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Seasonal variation in ovarian and oestrous activity of tropical Menz sheep as affected by plane of nutrition