Maize stover is the most abundant crop residue in the central Kenya highlands and it is often the sole forage offered to dairy cattle during the dry seasons. In recent years increasing offer rates of crop residues (excess feeding) to promote selective feeding by confined animals has been shown to...
Methu, J.N.
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Owen, E.
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Abate, A.L.
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Tannen, J.C.
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[Botanical and nutritional composition of maize stover, intakes and feed selection by dairy cattle]
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Botanical and nutritional composition of maize stover, intakes and feed selection by dairy cattle
Exmines the nutritive value of fruits from Acacia tortilis, A. albida, A. nilotica and A. sieberiana. Compares the fruits of these four species with the meal produced by industrial extraction of oil from noug (Guizotia abyssinica). Also compares these feeds as sources of protein when offered in c...
Tanner, J.C.
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Reed, J.D.
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Owen, E.
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[The nutritive value of fruits (pods with seeds) from four acacia spcompared with extracted noug (Guizotia abyssinica) meal as supplements to maize stover for Ethiopian highland sheep]
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The nutritive value of fruits (pods with seeds) from four acacia spcompared with extracted noug (Guizotia abyssinica) meal as supplements to maize stover for Ethiopian highland sheep
Maize stover is the most abundant crop residue in Kenya (Methu et al., 1996). Like other cereal crop residues, maize stover is characterised by low digestibility and low crude protein. Use of ammonia to upgrade barley and wheat straw is practised in temperate countries, but in the tropics, treatm...
Twenty four male goats and 24 rams were individually fed 150g cottonseed-cake/day and, offered 25, 50 or 75 g sorghum stover per kg M daily over 75 days following a preliminary period of 21 days. Stover was offered in chopped form. Live-weight gain of sheep was higher than of goats; there was no ...
Aboud, A.A.O.
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Owen, E.
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Reed, J.D.
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Said, A.N.
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McAllan, A.B.
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[Feeding sorghum stover to Ethiopian goats and sheep: Effect of amount offered on growth, intake and selection]
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Feeding sorghum stover to Ethiopian goats and sheep: Effect of amount offered on growth, intake and selection
Presents results of a study conducted to determine the intake and selectivity of sheep and cattle offered sorghum stover in varying quantities and form (either chopped or unchopped). Includes data on live-weight gain, stover offered, stover intake, sheath intake, stem intake and stover refusal of...
Osafo, E.L.K.
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Owen, E.
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Said, A.N.
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Gill, E.M.
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McAllan, A.B.
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[Feeding sorghum stover to Ethiopian sheep and cattle: Effect of chopping and amount offered on intake and selection]
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Feeding sorghum stover to Ethiopian sheep and cattle: Effect of chopping and amount offered on intake and selection
Compares the response of goats and sheep when offered increasing ad lib quantities of sorghum stover. Examines growth rate, stover offered, stover refused and stover intake vs amount offered.
Aboud, A.A.O.
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Owen, E.
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Reed, J.D.
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Said, A.N.
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McAllan, A.B.
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[Feeding sorghum stover to Ethiopian goats and sheep: Effect of amount offered on intake, selection and performance]
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Feeding sorghum stover to Ethiopian goats and sheep: Effect of amount offered on intake, selection and performance