On the basis of an analysis of 2127 reports on animal feed research and development from seven national programmes in eastern and southern Africa, this paper intends to give a profile of animal feed research in the area since meaningful records have been available, to establish major trends in th...
Jutzi, S.C.
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[Animal feed research in eastern and southern Africa; priorities and trends]
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Animal feed research in eastern and southern Africa; priorities and trends
Tarawali, Shirley A.
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Peters, Michael
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Schultze-Kraft, Rainer
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[Forage legumes for sustainable agriculture and livestock production in subhumid West Africa]
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Forage legumes for sustainable agriculture and livestock production in subhumid West Africa
Varvikko, T.
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Vanhatalo, A.
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[Critical aspects in intestinal digestion estimates obtained by the mobile bag method]
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Critical aspects in intestinal digestion estimates obtained by the mobile bag method
Sun-drying is the main method of conserving peanut haulms in the tropics but it is challenging to field-dry and store in the rainy season due to nutrient losses, which could be reduced by ensiling. This study investigated the effects of conserving peanut haulm as hay or silage on growth performan...
Addah, W.
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Ayantunde, Augustine A.
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Larbi, A.
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McAllister, T.A.
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[Nutritional value of peanut haulm: effects on digestibility and on growth performance of sheep fed peanut hay or silage]
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Nutritional value of peanut haulm: effects on digestibility and on growth performance of sheep fed peanut hay or silage
The objective of the presebt study was to compare live animal performance and carcass characteristics of ¾ or 7/8 Dorper (DO; n-30), purebred Katahdin (KA; n=20), purebred st. Croix (SC; n=17) and purebred Suffolk (SU; n=10) lambs born in the spring and fall of 2001. After weaning, lambs were sup...
One low cost and two premium type sorghum stover purchased from fodder market in Hyderabad, India were investigated for Organic matter intake (OMI), organic matter digestibility (OMD) and organic matter intake and digestible organic matter intake (DOMI) with feeding trials on sheep. The average p...
Rao, P.P.
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Blümmel, Michael
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[A note on the response of sheep to differently priced sorghum stover traded concomitantly and implications for the economy of feeding]
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A note on the response of sheep to differently priced sorghum stover traded concomitantly and implications for the economy of feeding
Ways of promoting integration of herbaceous forage legumes into a napier grass fodder system were evaluated with the aim of increasing forage quantity and quality on smallholder dairy farms in central Kenya. The herbaceous legumes Desmodium intortum cGreenleaf (ILRI 104), Macrotyloma axillare cAx...
Mwangi, D.M.
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Cadisch, Georg
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Thorpe, W.R.
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Giller, Ken E.
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[Harvesting management options for legumes intercropped in napier grass in the central highlands of Kenya]
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Harvesting management options for legumes intercropped in napier grass in the central highlands of Kenya
Maize fiber was evaluated in wet, dry and silage form with 200
g cotton cake supplementation in growing Nellore Brown ram
lambs (24.8±0.96) using six sheep per treatment in a growth-cummetabolism
trial of 90 days with collection of feed, leftover, feces and
urine samples during the last ten days....
Ramana Reddy, Y.
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Khan, A.A.
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Sharada, P.
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Ravi, D.
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Prasad, K.V.S.V.
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Ramana Reddy, Y.
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Blümmel, Michael
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[Effect of feeding maize fiber in wet, dry and silage form with cotton cake supplementation on intake, nutrient utilization and performance in Nellore Brown sheep]
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Effect of feeding maize fiber in wet, dry and silage form with cotton cake supplementation on intake, nutrient utilization and performance in Nellore Brown sheep
Botero Botero, Raúl
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[Producción y utilización de forrajes hidropónicos para la alimentación de rumiantes: informe técnico]
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Producción y utilización de forrajes hidropónicos para la alimentación de rumiantes: informe técnico