Smallholder dairy development in coastal lowland Kenya is mainly constrained by inadequate nutrition. Since the early 1960s, high quality forages have been introduced to improve feeding of dairy cattle in the region. A study was conducted to assess the contribution made by these forages to dairy ...
One experiment was completed with 56 weanling Duroc x Landrace x Yorkshire swine and two with weanling Sprague-Dawley rats to determine the nutritive value of Colombian floury-2 corn in comparison with that of Colombian opaque-2 and Colombian common corn. In both rats and swine Colombian floury-2...
Maner, JH
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Pond, WG
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Gallo, JT
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Henao, A
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Portela, R
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Linares, F.A.
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[Performance of rats and swine fed Colombian floury-2, Colombian opaque-2 or normal corn]
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Performance of rats and swine fed Colombian floury-2, Colombian opaque-2 or normal corn
Organic resources constitute a major source of nutrient inputs to both soils and livestock in smallholder tropical production systems. Determination of resource quality attributes using current laboratory methods is both timely and costly. This study tested visible and near-infrared (wavelengths ...
Shepherd, Keith D.
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Palm, C.A.
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Gachengo, CN
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Vanlauwe, Bernard
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[Rapid characterization of organic resource quality for soil and livestock management in tropical agroecosystems using near-infrared spectroscopy]
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Rapid characterization of organic resource quality for soil and livestock management in tropical agroecosystems using near-infrared spectroscopy
In order to identify options suitable for providing livestock feed in the wetter part of the moist savanna, the DM yield, botanical composition, crude protein, in sacco digestibility and neutral detergent fibre of combinations of 4 herbaceous legumes and 2 grasses were evaluated between June 1994...
Olanite, J.A.
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Tarawali, Shirley A.
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Akenova, M.E.
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[Biomass yield, quality and acceptability of selected grass-legume mixtures in the moist savanna of West Africa]
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Biomass yield, quality and acceptability of selected grass-legume mixtures in the moist savanna of West Africa
A study was conducted to evaluate the effect of supplementing levels of Leucaena leucocephala leaves on reproductive capacity and growth of male highland sheep (Arsi type) in Debre Zeit Research Centre. Animals were randomly allotted to one of five experimental rations. In treatment 1 (NS) animal...
Dana, N.
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Shenkoru, T.
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Tegegne, Azage
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[Growth rates and testicular characteristics of Ethiopian highland sheep offered chickpea haulm supplemented with incremental levels of Leucaena leucocephala leaf hay]
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Growth rates and testicular characteristics of Ethiopian highland sheep offered chickpea haulm supplemented with incremental levels of Leucaena leucocephala leaf hay
Stover quality traits are important in breeding programmes of maize cultivars. However, conventional procedures for evaluation of stover quality are expensive and thus limit the full exploitation of the
available genetic variability. Our objective was to assess the potential of near-infrared spec...
Montes, J.M.
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Mirdita, V.
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Prasad, K.
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Blümmel, Michael
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Melchinger, A.E.
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[Feeding quality assessment of fresh maize stover by means of near-infrared spectroscopy with a new sample presentation unit]
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Feeding quality assessment of fresh maize stover by means of near-infrared spectroscopy with a new sample presentation unit
Tagasaste (Chamaecytisus palmensis), a multipurpose fodder tree, is highly productive in the tropical highlands. The forage has high crude protein (CP) concentrations but is reported to have low intake by ruminants. This study investigated the effects of plant harvest stage and feeding management...
Assefa, G.
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Kijora, C.
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Kehaliew, A.
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Sonder, Kai
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Peters, Kurt J.
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[Effect of pre-feeding forage treatments, harvesting stage, and animal type on preference of tagasaste (Chamaecytisus palmensis)]
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Effect of pre-feeding forage treatments, harvesting stage, and animal type on preference of tagasaste (Chamaecytisus palmensis)
Herbage of Cratylia argentea, Desmodium velutinum, Fleminigia macrophylla, Leucaena diversifolia, Canavalia brasiliensis, Centrosema brasilianum, Clitoria ternatea, Lablab purpureus, Stylosanthes guianensis and Vigna unguiculata from the CIAT (International Center for Tropical Agriculture) gene ...
Heinritz, S.N.
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Hoedtke, Sandra
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Martens, S.
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Peters, Michael
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Zeyner, Annette
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[Evaluation of ten tropical legume forages for their potential as pig feed supplement]
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Evaluation of ten tropical legume forages for their potential as pig feed supplement
Sorghum stover is a major constituent in dairy feeding in and around Hyderabad, transported over long distances and traded and priced according to perceived stover fodder quality by specialized fodder traders. The work presented here assessed the economics of three feeding regimes: 1) a complete ...
Samireddypalle, A.
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Khan, A.A.
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Ravi, D.
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Reddy, J.
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Blümmel, Michael
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[A comparison of Sorghum Stover based complete feed blocks with a conventional feeding practice in a peri urban dairy]
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A comparison of Sorghum Stover based complete feed blocks with a conventional feeding practice in a peri urban dairy
Haulms from 10 different genotypes of groundnut were tested with growing male sheep for digestibility, intake, nitrogen retention and live weight gains. Very high daily intake levels of > 4% of sheep bodyweight were observed in all haulms. Nitrogen retention (range: 6.7 to 11.4 g/d) and live weig...
Prasad, K.V.S.V.
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Khan, A.A.
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Vellaikumar, S.
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Devulapalli, R.
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Ramakrishna Reddy, C.
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Nigam, S.N.
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Blümmel, Michael
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[Observations on livestock productivity in sheep fed exclusively on haulms from ten different genotypes of groundnut]
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Observations on livestock productivity in sheep fed exclusively on haulms from ten different genotypes of groundnut