Summarises ILCA's findings over several years of research on the nutritive value of browse plants. Discusses nitrogen metabolism in ruminants and tannin chemistry. Examines the effect of browse on animals, i.e., feed intake, growth, digestion of fibre fractions and utilisation of nitrogen. Discus...
Woodward, A.
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Reed, J.D.
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[Influence des substances polyphenoliques sur la valeur nutritive des fourrages ligneux: Synthese de recherches menees par le CIPEA]
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Influence des substances polyphenoliques sur la valeur nutritive des fourrages ligneux: Synthese de recherches menees par le CIPEA
Reports results of an experiment conducted to determine the effect of diet restriction on work performance and body weight in crossbred and local oxen worked as singles in farmers' fields around Debre Zeit, Ethiopia, during the normal cultivation season.
Astatke, A.
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Reed, J.D.
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Butterworth, M.H.
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[Effect of diet restriction on work performance and weight loss of local Zebu and Friesian X Boran crossbred oxen]
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Effect of diet restriction on work performance and weight loss of local Zebu and Friesian X Boran crossbred oxen
Reviews analytical methods for the determination of the nutritive value of crop residues. Gives example on the accuracy of different methods in determining digestibility and of the factors affecting it. Highlights different management practices for feeding cereal crop residues to draught animals.
Reed, J.D.
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Goe, M.R.
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[Evaluation de valeur nutritive des issues de cereales: consequences sur l'etablissement de normes alimentaires pour les animaux de trait]
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Evaluation de valeur nutritive des issues de cereales: consequences sur l'etablissement de normes alimentaires pour les animaux de trait
Presents findings of a study carried out to determine differences between 24 sorghum varieties in digestibility of leaf and stem components and yield of stover. Emphasis is given to encourrage breeds involved in slelecting sorghum varieties for use on small farms where sorghum stover is an import...
Reed, J.D.
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Tedla, A.
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Jutzi, S.C.
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[Variations de la digestibilite des residus d'une variete de sorgho a une autre]
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Variations de la digestibilite des residus d'une variete de sorgho a une autre
The effect two East African browses, A. brevispica and S. sesban, on feed digestibility and palatability were described. The browses were fed at three levels of each in combination with vetch (Vicia dasycarpa) and teff straw (Eragrostis abyssinica) in a Latin Square design to sheep and goats. Tef...
Woodward, A.
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Reed, J.D.
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[Intake and digestibility for sheep and goats consuming supplementary Acacia brevispica and Sesbania sesban]
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Intake and digestibility for sheep and goats consuming supplementary Acacia brevispica and Sesbania sesban
Investigates the nutritive value of three important native forages in southern Ethiopia (two browses and one cultivated legume) for possible inclusion in improved feeding systems for calves managed by seminomadic pastoralists. Fruits (pods & seeds) of Acacia tortilis (Forsk.) Hayne subsspirocarpa...
Coppock, D.L.
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Reed, J.D.
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[Cultivated and native browse legumes as calf supplements in Ethiopia]
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Cultivated and native browse legumes as calf supplements in Ethiopia
A study was conducted to determine the intake, growth and digestibility in sheep fed forage produced from four African multi-purpose trees in combination with straw and the effects of poly-phenolics on noug cake and urea. Analyses content of nitrogen, neutral detergent fibre, acid detergent fibre...
Reed, J.D.
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Soller, H.
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Woodward, A.
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[Fodder tree and straw diets for sheep: Intake, growth, digestibility and the effects of phenolics on nitrogen utilisation]
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Fodder tree and straw diets for sheep: Intake, growth, digestibility and the effects of phenolics on nitrogen utilisation
Presents the results of a study in which four experimental groups of East African Shorthorned Zebu and Holstein Friesian X Boran crossbred oxen were subjected to a working exercise of pulling sleds; compares the periods of low and high work with the pre-work and post-work periods in terms of feed...
Soller, H.
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Reed, J.D.
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Butterworth, M.H.
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[Effect of work on utilization of cereal crop residues by oxen]
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Effect of work on utilization of cereal crop residues by oxen
A study conducted to determine factors influencing the nutritional value of cassava forage other than cyanogenic glycosides; presents the results of a fiber analysis that reveals the presence of condensed tannins in the neutral-detergent fiber of cassava leave blades; also presents data on the co...
Reed, J.D.
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McDowell, R.E.
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Soest, P.J. van
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Horvath, P.J.
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[Condensed tannins: A factor limiting the use of cassava forage]
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Condensed tannins: A factor limiting the use of cassava forage
A study conducted to determine the difference between BR and NBR varieties in content of phenolics and their relationship to digestibility of fibre in the crop residue.
Reed, J.D.
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Tedla, A.
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Kebede, Y.
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[Phenolics, fibre and fibre digestibility in the crop residue from bird resistant and non-bird resistant sorghum varieties]
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Phenolics, fibre and fibre digestibility in the crop residue from bird resistant and non-bird resistant sorghum varieties