Low feed quality, short periods of grazing each day and the need to search for forage are all constraints on cattle productivity in most parts of Africa. From the literature reviewed, it was observed that many factors affect the intake and utilization of feeds and that no single factor controls i...
Mani, R.I.
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[Optimal utilization of legume fodder banks and low quality roughages by grazing cattle.]
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Optimal utilization of legume fodder banks and low quality roughages by grazing cattle.
There are three cattle based dairy production systems in the better-watered regions' of Kenya namely: the semi-intensive dairy-meat-draught-manure system which uses predominantly pure East-African Zebu mainly in the western uplands and coastal regions; the small scale intensive and semi-intensive...
The study was carried out in Metema Woreda of Amhara National Regional State. The objectives of the study were to describe the goat production systems in the study area and to identify major constraints and opportunities of goat productivity; to evaluate the effect of supplementation with differe...
Tsegaye, T.
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[Characterization of goat production systems and on- farm evaluation of the growth performance of grazing goats supplemented with different protein sources in Metema Woreda, Amhara Region, Ethiopia]
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Characterization of goat production systems and on- farm evaluation of the growth performance of grazing goats supplemented with different protein sources in Metema Woreda, Amhara Region, Ethiopia
Seasonal effect of bush canopy on dietary selection and nutrition of goats was evaluated at Kiboko, south-central Kenya from June through November, 1982. Three mature esophageally fistulated East-African goats were used in the study on a one day graze, 28-30 day rest cycle. Treatment paddocks (2....
Kamau, P.N.
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[Influence of browse availability of goats diets in an Acacia senegal savannah of South- Central Kenya.]
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Influence of browse availability of goats diets in an Acacia senegal savannah of South- Central Kenya.
This study was conducted in a commiphora savannah with two levels of bush canopy cover and two levels of herbage in august and December, respectively, in 1983 on the national range research station, kiboko, Kenya. Effects of season, available herbage, and bush level on dietary composition, prefer...
Mnene, W.N.
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[Influence of Herbage/Browse allowance on nutritive intake of cattle grazing a commiphora savannah in Kenya.]
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Influence of Herbage/Browse allowance on nutritive intake of cattle grazing a commiphora savannah in Kenya.
The study was conducted in Kenya to determine the relationship of fecal nitrogen, fecal nitrogen fractions and fecal nitrogen ratio to organic matter intake, dietary crude protein, in vivo dry matter digestibility and vitro organic matter digestibility. Two sites were chosen for the study based u...
Shaabani, S.B.
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[Fecal nitrogen as an indicator of nutritional stress in steers in semi-arid rangelands of Kenya.]
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Fecal nitrogen as an indicator of nutritional stress in steers in semi-arid rangelands of Kenya.
A drip-type rainfall simulator was used to assess effects of grazing systems and vegetation on infiltration rates and sediment production at Buchuma Range Research Station, Kenya. Four livestock grazing treatments were studied: High Intensity Low Frequency, rotation, moderate continuous and non-g...
Mbakaya, D.S.
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[Grazing systems effects on infiltration rates and sediment production of a bushed glassland Buchuma, Kenya.]
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Grazing systems effects on infiltration rates and sediment production of a bushed glassland Buchuma, Kenya.