Twenty intact and five fistulated crossbred steers were used in two experiments to examine the effect of supplementing maize stover with Gliricidia sepium or Leucaena leucocephala forage on intake, rumen fermentation, microbial protein supply and live weight changes. The basal diet plus 1 kg maiz...
This study investigated the effect of feeding oats hay alone or with 250 g of dolichos lablab (Lablab purpureus, 50 percent flowering at harvest) hay, wheat middlings, leaves of sesbania (Sesbania sesban) or tagasaste (Chamaecytisus palmensis) on the growth of 66 Ethiopian Menz sheep and the nutr...
Umunna, N.N.
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Osuji, P.O.
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Nsahlai, I.V.
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Khalili, H.
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Mohamed-Saleem, M.A.
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[Effect of supplementing oat hay with lablab, sesbania, tagasaste or wheat middlings on voluntary intake, N utilization and weight gain of Ethiopian Menz sheep]
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Effect of supplementing oat hay with lablab, sesbania, tagasaste or wheat middlings on voluntary intake, N utilization and weight gain of Ethiopian Menz sheep
Reports an experiment in which small quantities of groundnut cake were fed during the dry season to lactating N'Dama cows maintained under village husbandry conditions in The Gambia, resulting in significant increases in quantities of milk offtake and in rates of growth of the suckling calves, an...
Little, D.A.
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Riley, J.A.
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Agyemang, K.
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Jeannin, P.
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Grieve, A.S.
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Badjie, B.
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Dwinger, R.H.
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[Effect of groundnut cake supplementation during the dry season on productivity characteristics of N'Dama cows under village husbandry conditions in The Gambia]
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Effect of groundnut cake supplementation during the dry season on productivity characteristics of N'Dama cows under village husbandry conditions in The Gambia
Evaluates the need for phosphorus supplementation in West African Dwarf lambs fed on hay, the typical dry-season feed of tropical livestock. Presents data on the composition of concentrate supplements, weight gains and feed consumption, changes in liveweight gains and serum inorganic phosphorus w...
Kabaija, E.
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Smith, O.B.
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[Effects of phosphorus supplementation upon the performance of West African Dwarf lambs]
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Effects of phosphorus supplementation upon the performance of West African Dwarf lambs
Four experiments were carried out in which supplements of locally available proteinaceous by-products were given to young, mainly pre-weaned calves that ranged in initial weight from 30 to 90 kg. The experiments were part of a programme designed to establish practical and economical nutrition int...
The effect of dry-season supplementation of White Fulani cattle in northern Nigeria with legume standing hay (fodderbanks) was investigated. Over 430 cattle were recorded in 8 herds over 2-5 years. Fodder bank supplementation may have reduced weight losses in calves and breeding females during th...
Campbell, D.A.
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Ikuegbu, O.A.
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Owen, E.
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Little, D.A.
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[Responses to supplementation in White Fulani cattle under agro-pastoral management in northern Nigeria. II. Fodder]
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Responses to supplementation in White Fulani cattle under agro-pastoral management in northern Nigeria. II. Fodder
The poor quality of the natural vegetation in the dry season affects both animal productivity and the lives of the pastoral community in the Adamawa Plateau of Cameroon but may be improved by introduction of the forage legume Stylosanthes guianensis. When used in a fodder bank system, Stylosanthe...
Tarawali, G.
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Pamo, E.T.
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[A case for on-farm trials of fodder banks on the Adamawa Plateau in Cameroon]
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A case for on-farm trials of fodder banks on the Adamawa Plateau in Cameroon
In a trial in Ethiopia from Mar. 1985 to Feb. 1986, 160 adult ewes of the Ethiopian Highland Menz breed were grazed on meadow pasture, unsupplemented or supplemented with urea-molasses blocks and/or noug cake (from a local oilseed, Guizotia abyssinica). Consumption of urea-molasses was low, avera...
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 noug cake]
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Sheep productivity in the Ethiopian highlands on a diet supplemented with urea-molasses block and/or noug cake
A study conducted to assess and sample the composition and quality of native supplements such as salt licks, soil licks and well waters from various parts of Ethiopia used by pastoral nomads for cattle feeding.
Kabaija, E.
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[Non-conventional indigenous mineral supplements used for cattle feeding in the pastoral rangelands of Ethiopia]
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Non-conventional indigenous mineral supplements used for cattle feeding in the pastoral rangelands of Ethiopia
Little, D.A.
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[The influence of sodium supplementation on the voluntary intake and digestibility of low-sodium Setaria sphacelata Nandi by cattle]
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The influence of sodium supplementation on the voluntary intake and digestibility of low-sodium Setaria sphacelata Nandi by cattle