Forty pregnant F1 crossbred dairy cows (20 Friesian X Boran and 20 Simmental X Boran) were stratified in a 2x2 diet X work factorial experiment (not working-not supplemented, NWNS; not working-supplemented, NWS; working-not supplemented, WNS; and working-supplemented, WS). Working cows pulled sle...
Gemeda, T.
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Zerbini, E.
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Gebre-Wold, A.
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Demissie, D.
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[Effect of draught work on performance and metabolism of crossbred cows. 1. Effect of work and diet on body-weight change, body condition, lactation and productivity]
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Effect of draught work on performance and metabolism of crossbred cows. 1. Effect of work and diet on body-weight change, body condition, lactation and productivity
Forty F1 crossbred dairy cows (20 Friesian X Boran and 20 Simmental X Boran) in a 2x2 factorial arrangement (not working-not supplemented, NWNS, not working-supplemented, NWS, working-not supplemented, WNS and working-supplemented, WS) were used to study the effect of work and diet supplementatio...
Zerbini, E.
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Gemeda, T.
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Gebre-Wold, A.
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Nokoe, S.
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Demissie, D.
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[Effect of draught work on performance and metabolism of crossbred cows. 2. Effect of work on roughage intake, digestion, digesta kinetics and plasma metabolites]
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Effect of draught work on performance and metabolism of crossbred cows. 2. Effect of work on roughage intake, digestion, digesta kinetics and plasma metabolites
The study investigated the effect of work on the postpartum estrous cycle length and ovarian activity of crossbred dairy cows used for draught. Sixteen dairy cows were assigned to two dietary feeding regimes (i.e. diet 1=9 MJ ME/kg DM; diet 2=10 MJ/kg DM). The cows in both diets started to work a...
Abate, E.
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Zerbini, E.
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Yami, A.
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Mukasa-Mugerwa, E.
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Gebre-Wold, A.
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[Effect of draught work on postpartum estrous cycle length in crossbred dairy cows already cycling]
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Effect of draught work on postpartum estrous cycle length in crossbred dairy cows already cycling
Smallholder whole-farm productivity could be increased, and a more sustainable farming system could be established, if dairy cows could also be used for draught work. On-station results over a three-year period indicated that when dairy-draught cows were adequately fed, milk production was not si...
Zerbini, E.
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Shapiro, Barry I.
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Larsen, C.E.S.
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Gebre-Wold, A.
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[Dairy-draught cows performance and implications for adoption]
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Dairy-draught cows performance and implications for adoption