Ruminants adapt to periodic fluctuation in feed resources by accumulating fat stores during favourable periods. Thus, genetic variations, among ruminant genotypes, in the capa city to deposit fat could be exploited through breeding to improve animal productivity in traditional tropical production...
Ermias, E.
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Yami, A.
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Rege, J.E.O.
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[Fat deposition in tropical sheep as adaptive attribute to periodic feed fluctuation]
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Fat deposition in tropical sheep as adaptive attribute to periodic feed fluctuation
In the water scarce Lenche Dima watershed in the northern Ethiopian highlands community based integrated watershed management was implemented to fight land degradation, raise agricultural productivity and improve farmers’ livelihoods. The effects of two interventions, namely exclosures and water ...
Descheemaeker, Katrien
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Mapedza, Everisto
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Amede, Tilahun
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Ayalneh, W.
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[Effects of integrated watershed management on livestock-water productivity in water scarce areas in Ethiopia]
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Effects of integrated watershed management on livestock-water productivity in water scarce areas in Ethiopia
Thirty Highland zebu oxen with a mean weight of 276 (SE ± 14.3) kg and about 6 years of age were blocked by weight into 5 groups of 6 oxen each and within groups allocated to 6 treatments. They worked for 51 days followed by 84 days recovery. Teff straw (Eragrostis tef) and lablab (Lablab purpure...
Nsahlai, I.V.
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Yimegnuhal, A.
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Talle, S.B.
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Osuji, P.O.
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[Effect of work, nutritional stress and level of re-alimentation on the composition of compensatory gains in draught oxen]
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Effect of work, nutritional stress and level of re-alimentation on the composition of compensatory gains in draught oxen
Study was conducted to determine turnover of water, nitrogen and energy in lactating Holstein x Boran cows. Nine cows (Bos indicus × B. taurus) between their 42nd and 420th the days of lactation were selected for this study. The crossbred cows had ad libitum access to water and a dried maize stov...
Jenet, A.
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Yimegnuhal, A.
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Tegegne, Azage
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Fernández Rivera, S.
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Kreuzer, M.
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[Water intake and nutrient balances of Holstein X Boran cows fed a low-quality tropical diet]
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Water intake and nutrient balances of Holstein X Boran cows fed a low-quality tropical diet
In vitro techniques used for evaluating ruminant feeds can be classified into those that estimate gravimetrically their digestibility or degradability by quantifying the insoluble residues that remain after their incubation in inoculum containing rumen fluid, and those that measure the appearance...
Blümmel, Michael
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Fernández Rivera, S.
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[In vitro gas techniques and efficiency of microbial substrate degradation]
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In vitro gas techniques and efficiency of microbial substrate degradation
The macro mineral status of cattle in the Selale highlands of Ethiopia was evaluated during the rainy and dry seasons of 1989 and 1990 in terms of mineral concentrations in soils, feeds, blood plasma and faeces on 25 farms. Bone samples from animals of local breeds from a slaughter house were col...
Khalili, M.
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Lindgren, E.
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Varvikko, T.
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[A survey of mineral status of soils, feeds and cattle in the Selale Ethiopian highlands. I. Macro elements]
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A survey of mineral status of soils, feeds and cattle in the Selale Ethiopian highlands. I. Macro elements
In a dry season grazing trial with Brachiaria decumbens cv. Basilisk at Ibadan in southwest Nigeria, 14 from a group of 36 West African Dwarf sheep, and 1 from a group of 16 goats, died. The main clinical and post-mortem findings were signs of photosensitisation and jaundice. Further investigatio...
Opasina, B.A.
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[Technical note: Photosensitisation jaundice syndrome in West African Dwarf sheep and goats grazed on Brachiaria decumbens]
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Technical note: Photosensitisation jaundice syndrome in West African Dwarf sheep and goats grazed on Brachiaria decumbens
Carboxymethylcellulase (EC 3.2.1.4; CMCase) and xylanase(EC 3.2.1.8) activities were estimated in rumen fluid and from microbes closely associated with rumen particulate material or with feed particles incubated in nylon bags in the rumen of cattle. Cattle with a permanent rumen cannula and a sim...
Huhtanen, P.
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Khalili, H.
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[The effect of sucrose supplements on particle-associated carboxymethylcellulase (EC 3.2.1.4) and xylanase (EC 3.2.1.8) activities in cattle given grass-silage-based diet]
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The effect of sucrose supplements on particle-associated carboxymethylcellulase (EC 3.2.1.4) and xylanase (EC 3.2.1.8) activities in cattle given grass-silage-based diet
Eleven accessions taken from Leucaena leucocephala, L. revolutal, L. pallida, L. diversifolia and L. leucocephala × L. diversifolia hybrids (leucaena), together with 3 accessions of Calliandra calothyrsus (calliandra), were evaluated on an acidic, nitosol soil in the tropical highland region of S...
Berhe, Kahsay
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Tothill, J.C.
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[Performance, feed quality and P response of Leucaena and Calliandra species grown as hedgerows on an acidic nitosol at Soddo, Ethiopia]
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Performance, feed quality and P response of Leucaena and Calliandra species grown as hedgerows on an acidic nitosol at Soddo, Ethiopia
The trace element status of crossbred Friesian X Zebu (Boran) and local Zebu cattle in the Selale highlands of Ethiopia was evaluated during the rainy and dry seasons of 1989 and 1990 interms of the trace element content of soils, feeds, blood plasma and faeces on 25 randomly selected farms. Live...
Khalili, M.
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Lindgren, E.
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Varvikko, T.
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[A survey of mineral status of soils, feeds and cattle in the Selale Ethiopian highlands. II. Trace elements]
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A survey of mineral status of soils, feeds and cattle in the Selale Ethiopian highlands. II. Trace elements