Evaluates the effects of additional cottonseed cake, a nitrogen source which is moderately degraded in the rumen, on the nutritive value of ammoniated and untreated wheat straw; and assesses also the performance of growing wether sheep fed on the treatment diets.
Wanyoike, M.M.
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Meshesha, A.H.
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Said, A.N.
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Karau, P.K.
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[Influence of nitrogen supplementation on voluntary intake and liveweight performance of wether sheep on wheat straw diets]
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Influence of nitrogen supplementation on voluntary intake and liveweight performance of wether sheep on wheat straw diets
Growth and digestibility experiments were conducted with Ethiopian highland sheep offered a maize stover basal diet and supplemented with one of the three legume hays (Desmodium intortum, Macrotyloma axillare and Stylosanthes guianensis), legume hay plus cottonseed cake, and cottonseed cake alone...
Getachew, G.
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Said, A.N.
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Sundstol, F.
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[The effect of forage legume supplementation on digestibility and body weight gain by sheep fed a basal diet of maize stover]
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The effect of forage legume supplementation on digestibility and body weight gain by sheep fed a basal diet of maize stover
In three experiments five diets which contained O, 150, 300, 450 and 600 g kg-1 of cocoa pod husk (CPH) and 600, 450, 300, 150 and 0 g kg-1 of treated maize cobs were evaluated. The other ingredients were wheatbran, cotton seed cake, dicalcium phosphate, NaCl and a trace mineral and vitamin premi...
Tuah, A.K.
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Obese, F.Y.
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Orskov, E.R.
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Okai, D.B.
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Adomako, D.
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Amaning, K.O.
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Said, A.N.
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Greenhalgh, J.F.D.
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[The performance of Djallonke sheep fed on diets containing various proportions of cocoa pod husk and 5 percent NaOH-treated maize cobs]
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The performance of Djallonke sheep fed on diets containing various proportions of cocoa pod husk and 5 percent NaOH-treated maize cobs
The potential of Desmodium intortum, Macrotyloma axillare and Stylosanthes guianensis hays for improving the digestibility of a standard diet of maize stover was assessed using in sacco, in vitro and in vivo methods. In sacco degradability results showed that S. guianensis hay had the highest pot...
Tolera, A.
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Said, A.N.
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[In sacco, in vitro and in vivo digestibility and supplementary value of some tropical forage legume hays to sheep feeding on a basal diet of maize stover]
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In sacco, in vitro and in vivo digestibility and supplementary value of some tropical forage legume hays to sheep feeding on a basal diet of maize stover
Assesses the potential of Desmodium intortum, Macrotyloma axillare and Stylosanthes guianensis in improving the utilization of a basal diet of maize stover by sheeMaize stover used in this experiment was high in lignocellulosic cell-wall constituents and very low in CS. guianensis hay contained h...
Said, A.N.
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Tolera, A.
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[The supplementary value of forage legume hays in sheep feeding: Feed intake, nitrogen retention and body weight change]
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The supplementary value of forage legume hays in sheep feeding: Feed intake, nitrogen retention and body weight change
Experiment 1, with rams (17.0 kg initial weight (M), and experiment 2, with steers (203 kg M), involved 2x2 arrangements of treatments to compare the effect of doubling the amount of stover offered (25 or 50 g/kg M daily) and chopping (unchopped or chopped), upon intake, selection and live-weight...
Osafo, E.L.K.
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Owen, E.
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Said, A.N.
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Gill, M.
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Sherington, J.
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[Effects of amount offered and chopping on intake and selection of sorghum stover by Ethiopian sheep and cattle]
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Effects of amount offered and chopping on intake and selection of sorghum stover by Ethiopian sheep and cattle
Weaner ewe lambs (92 + 4 days, SD) of the Ethiopian Menz breed (n=115) were used to assess the impact of level of nutrition before and after first lambing on subsequent productivity. Lambs were raised either on pasture grazing only (P) or grazing with low (L), medium (M) or high (H) levels of a c...
Mukasa-Mugerwa, E.
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Negussie, A.
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Said, A.N.
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[Effect of post-weaning level of nutrition on the early reproductive performance and productivity indices of Menz sheep]
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Effect of post-weaning level of nutrition on the early reproductive performance and productivity indices of Menz sheep
The effects of forage supplement and level of maize grain (Zea mays L.) offered on intake, digestibility, N balance, and rate of gain were determined for rams fed teff straw (Eragrostis abyssinica). Supplements (leaves from five trees, Faidherbia albida, Carissa edulis, Dichrostachys cinerea, Leu...
Wiegand, R.O.
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Reed, J.D.
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Combs, D.K.
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Said, A.N.
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[Leaves from tropical trees as protein supplements in diets for sheep]
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Leaves from tropical trees as protein supplements in diets for sheep
Diet digestibility and the degradability and rate of passage of the roughage fraction were measured for four maize-based diets containing either 50 per cent (VH50), 33 per cent (VH33), 22 per cent (VH22) or 10 per cent (VH10) roughage as natural rangeland (veld) hay. Treatment diets were offered ...
Hatendi, P.R.
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Ndlovu, L.R.
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Smith, T.
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Said, A.N.
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[The utilisation of complete cereal-based diets differing in roughage inclusion level by Matabele goats and Sabi sheep]
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The utilisation of complete cereal-based diets differing in roughage inclusion level by Matabele goats and Sabi sheep
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