Degradability characteristics of oats hay (harvested at milk stage), oats straw, wheat middlings and forage legumes (lablab (Lablab purpureus)) hay, leaves of sesbania (Sesbania sesban) and tagasaste (Chamaecytisus palmensis)) were evaluated in three sheep given native hay supplemented with cott...
Umunna, N.N.
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Nsahlai, I.V.
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Osuji, P.O.
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[Degradability of forage protein supplements and their effects on the kinetics of digestion and passage]
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Degradability of forage protein supplements and their effects on the kinetics of digestion and passage
Presents results of trials conducted by ILCAs' subhumid zone team on dry-season feed supplementation for traditionally managed cattle in the subhumid zone of West Africa. Discusses fodder bank development for pastoralists, constraints to fodder bank development, pastoralists' adoption and percept...
Mohamed-Saleem, M.A.
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Suleiman, H.
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[Nigeria and West Africa: Fodder banks. Dry-season feed supplementation for traditionally managed cattle in the subhumid zone]
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Nigeria and West Africa: Fodder banks. Dry-season feed supplementation for traditionally managed cattle in the subhumid zone
A static model for predicting either the growth rates or digestible organic matter (DOMI) required to meet predetermined levels of growth is developed. Parameters in the model were derived using data collected in ILRI-DZ laboratory from 6 growth studies (involving a total of 242 Ethiopian Menz sh...
An experiment was carried out to evaluate dairy performance and rumen fermentation from a forage-based diet supplemented with Leucaena leucocephala (leucaena) and maize bran. Bos indicus (Ayrshire/Brown Swiss) X Bos taurus (Sahiwal) cattle were offered Pennisetum purpureum (napier grass) ad libit...
Muinga, R.W.
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Topps, J.H.
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Rooke, J.A.
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Thorpe, W.R.
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[The effect of supplementation with Leucaena leucocephala and maize bran on voluntary food intake, digestibility, live weight and milk yield of Bos indicus X Bos taurus dairy cows and rumen fermentation in steers offered Pennisetum purpureum ad libitum in the semi-humid tropics]
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The effect of supplementation with Leucaena leucocephala and maize bran on voluntary food intake, digestibility, live weight and milk yield of Bos indicus X Bos taurus dairy cows and rumen fermentation in steers offered Pennisetum purpureum ad libitum in the semi-humid tropics
Work oxen supplemented at different levels during a feeding period of 3 months, were divided into 3 groups of average weight change -25, +35 and +70kg and worked under loadings of either 7.5 or 12.5 kgf/100kg of liveweight for 2 weeks, in order to assess the impact of dry season supplementation o...
Bartholomew, P.W.
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Khibe, T.
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Little, D.A.
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Ba, S.
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[Effect of change in body weight and condition during the dry season on capacity for work of draft oxen]
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Effect of change in body weight and condition during the dry season on capacity for work of draft oxen
A study was conducted at the Asella Station in the Arsi Region of Ethiopia to investigate the dairy performance of indigenous purebred Arsi and Friesian X Arsi crosses under different pre-partum and post-partum supplementary feeding regimes. A total of 343 first-lactation animals were involved in...
Kurtu, M.Y.
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Tawah, C.L.
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Rege, J.E.O.
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Alemayehu, N.
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Shibre, M.
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[Lactation performance of purebred Arsi cows and Friesian X Arsi crosses under pre-partum and post-partum supplementary feeding regimes]
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Lactation performance of purebred Arsi cows and Friesian X Arsi crosses under pre-partum and post-partum supplementary feeding regimes
Highlights the interactions between agronomy and economics in developing forage production techniques for the two main land-use situations in the subhumid zone of Nigeria, viz, cultivation and fallow. Presents break-even sorghum grain-stylo price ratios for different undersowing times, capital an...
Kaufmann, Ralph R. von
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Mohamed-Saleem, M.A.
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[Interactions between agronomy and economics in forage legume research]
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Interactions between agronomy and economics in forage legume research
Reports an experiment conducted by ILCA's Nutrition programme to supplement poor quality grass or crop residues that form the basis of many ruminant diets in Africa. Emphasizes the efficient utilization of readily available resources for optimal animal production, in which the influence of noug c...
Little, D.A.
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Anderson, F.M.
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Durkin, J.W.
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[A note on the effect of supplementation with noug cake (Guizotia abyssinica) on the milk production of crossbred cows]
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A note on the effect of supplementation with noug cake (Guizotia abyssinica) on the milk production of crossbred cows
Examines the growth performance up to 3 years of calves raised under different treatments including calves with a background of simulated pastoral management and received half of their dams milk, calves received supplements of medium quality lucerne hay, calves given water as nightly supplement, ...
Coppock, D.L.
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[Bigger calves make better cows. Fact or fantasy in variable environments?]
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Bigger calves make better cows. Fact or fantasy in variable environments?
A feeding experiment was carried out in which adult ewes of the Ethiopian Highland Menz breed grazed on meadow pasture were supplemented with urea-molasses block and/or Noug cake. There was low consumption of urea-molasses block (67g/d) and its contribution to total nitrogen requirements was mini...
Kabaija, E.
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Akalework, N.
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Leng, R.A.
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[Sheep productivity in the Ethiopian highlands on a diet supplemented with urea-molasses block and/or noog cake]
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Sheep productivity in the Ethiopian highlands on a diet supplemented with urea-molasses block and/or noog cake