The incorporation of livestock into alley farming systems, in which food or forage crops are grown between hedges of multipurpose trees that are regularly pruned for mulch and/or forage, has been studied for over 10 years in Africa. Prunings from leguminous trees such as Leucaena and gliricidia c...
Presents the results of studies on the effect of trypanosomiasis recorded at two levels of nutrition with adult males and pregnant and lactating sheep.
Reynolds, L.
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Ekwuruke, J.O.
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[Effect of Trypanosoma vivax infection on West African Dwarf sheep at two planes of nutrition]
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Effect of Trypanosoma vivax infection on West African Dwarf sheep at two planes of nutrition
A single visit questionnaire survey was undertaken on 50 cattle owners in Oyo state, south western Nigeria. Data were collected on grazing patterns, calving dates, calf mortalities and attitudes to the N'Dama breed and its crosses with Bunaji cattle. All cattle herds had similar grazing patterns,...
Jode, A. de
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Reynolds, L.
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Matthewman, R.W.
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[Cattle production systems in the derived savannah and southern Guinea savannah regions of Oyo state, southern Nigeria]
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Cattle production systems in the derived savannah and southern Guinea savannah regions of Oyo state, southern Nigeria
A study was conducted at Fasola in southwest Nigeria to determine the best tree cutting scheme for forage production and the effects of hedge configurations on tree, grass and total forage productivity of 6-8 year-old leucaena (Leucaena leucocephala Lam. de Wit) and gliricidia (Gliricidia sepium ...
Ezenwa, I.
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Reynolds, L.
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Akenova, M.E.
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Atta-Krah, A.N.
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Cobbina, J.
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[Cutting management of alley cropped leucaena/gliricidia - guinea grass mixtures for forage production in southwestern Nigeria]
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Cutting management of alley cropped leucaena/gliricidia - guinea grass mixtures for forage production in southwestern Nigeria
In alley farming, crop response to mulching is the most important determinant of whether or not the use of prunings for feeding animals is economic. The aim of this paper is to use some recent agronomic and animal nutrition trial data to reassess whether it is economic to add small ruminants to a...
Jabbar, M.A.
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Cobbina, J.
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Reynolds, L.
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[Optimum fodder-mulch allocation of tree foliage under alley farming in southwest Nigeria]
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Optimum fodder-mulch allocation of tree foliage under alley farming in southwest Nigeria
Discusses the present situation of small ruminant production and possible nutritional interventions for improvement in tropical Africa. Includes data on ruminant livestock population by species and ecologcal zone; the effect of alley farming on the yield of maize; and the effects of supplementary...
Reynolds, L.
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[Elevage des petits ruminants - Situation actuelle et possibilites de developpement par l'amelioration de l'alimentation]
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Elevage des petits ruminants - Situation actuelle et possibilites de developpement par l'amelioration de l'alimentation
The effects of trypanosomiasis on digestible organic matter intake, milk yield and composition, dam liveweight changes during lactation and lamb growth rates were investigated at Ibadan, Nigeria 1991/92, using 20 West African Dwarf sheep nursing single lambs. Although digestibility coefficients w...
Akinbamijo, O.O.
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Reynolds, L.
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Sherington, J.
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Nsahlai, I.V.
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[Effects of postpartum Trypanosoma vivax infection on feed intake, liveweight changes, milk yield and composition in West African Dwarf ewes and associated lamb growth rates]
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Effects of postpartum Trypanosoma vivax infection on feed intake, liveweight changes, milk yield and composition in West African Dwarf ewes and associated lamb growth rates
The aim of this study was to assess the process and extent of sedentarisation among Fulani cattle owners in the derived savannah zone of south-west Nigeria. The results, based on a survey of 66 randomly-selected cattle owners, indicate an on-going process of settlment. Previously cattle owners vi...
Jabbar, M.A.
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Reynolds, L.
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Francis, P.A.
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[Sedentarisation of cattle farmers in the derived savanna region of south west Nigeria: Results of a survey]
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Sedentarisation of cattle farmers in the derived savanna region of south west Nigeria: Results of a survey
The majority of 22 free roaming goat herds in a 2-yr study in southwest Nigeria had no adult males. In a mean herd of seven to nine animals. 78 percent were female, and 43 percent were below 12 mo of age. Birth was the predominant reason for entry, accounting for 94 percent of new animals. Deaths...
The profitabilities of three land use systems in the humid zone of southwest Nigeria are compared using a capital budgeting procedure combining on-station and on-farm experimental data. The systems are: non-alley farming with fallow; alley farming with fallow; and continous alley farming. The res...
Jabbar, M.A.
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Larbi, Asamoah
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Reynolds, L.
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[Profitability of alley farming with and without fallow in southwest Nigeria]
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Profitability of alley farming with and without fallow in southwest Nigeria