Presents and discusses research results on feed resources, agroindustrial by-products utilisation, forage production, use of crop residues, dairy feeding systems, feeding strategies, introduction and adoption of improved forage technologies, nutritive value of different forages, effects of manage...
Dzowela, B.H.
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Said, A.N.
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Wendem-Agenehu, A.
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Kategile, J.A.
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[Utilization of research results on forage and agricultural by-product materials as animal feed resources in Africa. Proceedings of the first joint workshop]
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Utilization of research results on forage and agricultural by-product materials as animal feed resources in Africa. Proceedings of the first joint workshop
BACKGROUND: Lyophilized meat powder with iron-fortified wheat flour can be used to produce an infant porridge with bioavailable iron, but its acceptability and safety are unknown.
OBJECTIVE:
To evaluate the acceptability and safety of porridges containing lyophilized meat powder and iron-fortifie...
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, ...
Presents the results of feeding trials in three villages in Gambia, viz, Keneba, Pirang & Nioro Jattaba, conducted to assess responses during the dry season to small inputs of a protein supplement in recently calved cows and in young suckling calves.
Riley, J.A.
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Agyemang, K.
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Dwinger, R.H.
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Jeannin, P.
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Grieve, A.S.
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Little, D.A.
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[N'Dama cattle production in relation to nutritional interventions in villages in The Gambia]
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N'Dama cattle production in relation to nutritional interventions in villages in The Gambia
The increasing interest in crop-livestock integration in sub-Saharan Africa has emphasised the beneficial uses of forage legumes in cereal-based cropping systems. Forage legume-cereal cropping systems were evaluated in 1989 and 1990 at the ICRISAT (International Crops Research Institute for the S...
Kouame, C.
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Hoefs, S.
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Powell, J.M.
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Roxas, D.
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Renard, C.
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[Intercrop Stylosanthes effects on millet yields and animal performance in the Sahel]
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Intercrop Stylosanthes effects on millet yields and animal performance in the Sahel
Describes effects of feeding Bunaji cows supplements of cottonseed cake, molasses-urea or fodder bank on birth & 1-year weight of calves and their viability to 1-year, and milk yield, for both calves & humans, of cows under an agropastoral management system.
Otchere, E.O.
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[The effects of supplementary feeding of traditionally managed Bunaji cows]
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The effects of supplementary feeding of traditionally managed Bunaji cows
Preston, Thomas R.
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[Strategic supplementation to optimise rumen function and the balance of absorbed nutrients in ruminants fed largely on crop residues]
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Strategic supplementation to optimise rumen function and the balance of absorbed nutrients in ruminants fed largely on crop residues
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
Three experiments were conducted in successive years on crossbred suckler cows on a farm in a semi-arid area close to Nairobi, Kenya. The cows were mated seasonally to calve approximately 1 month before the rainy season (March to May). The effects of milking once daily and supplementation (2 kg/h...
Anindo, D.O.
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Topps, J.H.
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[Effects on production of milking crossbred suckler cows grazing a semi-arid area of Kenya. III. Post-weaning growth of crossbred calves]
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Effects on production of milking crossbred suckler cows grazing a semi-arid area of Kenya. III. Post-weaning growth of crossbred calves
N'Dama heifers, initially weighing 129 kg at approximately 30 months of age, were supplemented with 250, 500 or 1000g/head/day groundnut cake for 3 or 6 months during the dry or dry and wet seasons. Highly significant improvements in rates of liveweight gain and reproductive performance were obta...
Tanner, J.C.
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Little, D.A.
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Holden, S.J.
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Dampha, K.
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[Reducing age at first calving in N'Dama heifers using groundnut cake as a supplement to grazed natural pasture in The Gambia]
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Reducing age at first calving in N'Dama heifers using groundnut cake as a supplement to grazed natural pasture in The Gambia