An experiment conducted to assess the difference in nutritive value when trifolium hay was fed to sheep at increasing levels with tef straw (Eragrostis tef). Includes data on the composition of the trifolium hay & tef straw on dry matter basis and intake & digestibility of diets containing differ...
Mosi, A.K.
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Butterworth, M.H.
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[The voluntary intake and digestibility of diets containing different proportions of tef (Eragrostis tef) straw and Trifolium tembense hay when fed to sheep]
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The voluntary intake and digestibility of diets containing different proportions of tef (Eragrostis tef) straw and Trifolium tembense hay when fed to sheep
Six cattle (3 Boran (Bos indicus) and 3 crossbred (Bos indicus X Bos taurus) were fasted for 20 days to estimate the effect of fasting on the excretion of nitrogen (N) and purine derivatives (PD) in the urine. PD excretion (y) for each genotype was related to time (t in days) by means of an expon...
Osuji, P.O.
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Nsahlai, I.V.
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Khalili, H.
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[Effect of fasting on the urinary excretion of nitrogen and purine derivatives by Zebu (Bos indicus) and crossbred (Bos indicus X Bos taurus) cattle]
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Effect of fasting on the urinary excretion of nitrogen and purine derivatives by Zebu (Bos indicus) and crossbred (Bos indicus X Bos taurus) cattle
Six rumen cannulated sheep (26.1 (s.d. 2.24 kg live weight) given maize stover ad libitum were supplemented with either sunflower cake (SFC), decorticated cottonseed (CSC) or noug cakes (NGC) with or without crushed maize grain. The 6x6 Latin-square experiment studied the degradation properties o...
Sibanda, S.
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Osuji, P.O.
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Nsahlai, I.V.
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[The degradation of oilseed cakes and their effects on the intake and rumen degradability of maize stover given to Ethiopian Menz sheep]
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The degradation of oilseed cakes and their effects on the intake and rumen degradability of maize stover given to Ethiopian Menz sheep
The effects of Leucaena leucocephala and L. pallida prunings and cattle manure on maize nutrient uptake and yield were investigated in a hedgerow inter-cropping trial in the Ethiopian highlands. Hedgerow inter-cropping (also called alley cropping) is an agroforestry system in which trees are grow...
Lupwayi, N.Z.
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Haque, I.
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Saka, A.R.
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Siaw, D.E.K.A.
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[Leucaena hedgerow intercropping and cattle manure application in the Ethiopian highlands. II. Maize yields and nutrient uptake]
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Leucaena hedgerow intercropping and cattle manure application in the Ethiopian highlands. II. Maize yields and nutrient uptake
Vanhatalo, A.
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Varvikko, T.
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[Influence of sample preparation on the ruminal nylon bag degradation values of grass silage]
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Influence of sample preparation on the ruminal nylon bag degradation values of grass silage
Pot trials and laboratory phosphorus (P) sorption studies were conducted to evaluate the response of seven Ethiopian clover species (T. decorum, T. steudneri, T. quartinianum, T. rueppellianum, T. schimperi, T. tembense, and T. subterraneum) to applied P and further to determine the critical exte...
Nnadi, L.A.
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Haque, I.
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Mugwira, L.M.
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[Phosphorus response and mineral composition of Ethiopian highland Trifolium (clover) species]
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Phosphorus response and mineral composition of Ethiopian highland Trifolium (clover) species
The relationship between in vivo and in vitro estimates of efficiency of microbial production (EMP) was tested using four silage-based diets. In vivo estimates were based on renal allantoin excretion in steers and in vitro estimates were based on a combination of gas volume and true substrate de...
Grings, Elaine E.
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Blümmel, Michael
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Sudekum, K.H.
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[Methodological considerations in using gas production techniques for estimating ruminal microbial efficiencies for silage-based diets]
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Methodological considerations in using gas production techniques for estimating ruminal microbial efficiencies for silage-based diets
Two experiments were conducted to investigate the effect of supplementation with fodder tree leaves on the utilization of teff straw. This was aimed at testing the hypothesis that forage supplements (e.g. sesbania) that disappear faster from the rumen compared with those that disappear slowly (eg...
Bonsi, M.L.K.
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Osuji, P.O.
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Nsahlai, I.V.
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Tuah, A.K.
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[Graded levels of Sesbania sesban and Leucaena leucocephala as supplements to teff straw fed to Ethiopian Menz sheep]
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Graded levels of Sesbania sesban and Leucaena leucocephala as supplements to teff straw fed to Ethiopian Menz sheep
Poor drainage of Vertisols and nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) deficiencies are some if the major constraints to food and feed production in the Ethiopian highlands. The effects of soil drainage and P supply on N fixation by annual trifolium species and their residual value to succeeding crops wa...
Haque, I.
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Lupwayi, N.Z.
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[Landform and phosphorus effects on nitrogen fixed by annual clovers and its contribution to succeeding cereals in the Ethiopian highlands]
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Landform and phosphorus effects on nitrogen fixed by annual clovers and its contribution to succeeding cereals in the Ethiopian highlands
Balances between nutrients applied or mineralized and nutrients removed in maize grain and stover were calculated in a hedgerow intercropping experiment in which Leucaena leucocephala and L. pallida prunings and cattle manure were applied. Hedgerow intercropping (also called alley cropping) is an...
Lupwayi, N.Z.
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Haque, I.
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[Leucaena hedgerow intercropping and cattle manure application in the Ethiopian highlands. III. Nutrient balances]
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Leucaena hedgerow intercropping and cattle manure application in the Ethiopian highlands. III. Nutrient balances