Effect of supplementing teff straw with different levels of leucaena or sesbania leaves on the degradabilities of teff straw, sesbania, leucaena, tagasaste and vernonia and on certain rumen and blood metabolites in Ethiopian Menz sheep

Bonsi, M.L.K.; Osuji, P.O.; Tuah, A. K.

doi:10.1016/0377-8401(94)00702-b

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“…Supplementation of N-deficient roughage with urea has been shown to increase digestibility of roughage diets by 4 -40% depending on the quality of the basal roughage (Nsahlai, 1991) in the face of increased intake, which can partly be explained by an increased rate of digestion. Indeed, it has been demonstrated that supplementation of N-deficient roughage with forage legumes can result in an almost two-fold increase in the rate of degradation (Nsahlai et al, 1998a) and of passage (Abule et al, 1995;Bonsi et al, 1995). Since the change in the rate of digestion of N-deficient roughage following supplementation with N is inversely related to the intrinsic quality of the roughage (Nsahlai 1991;Nsahlai et al, 1998a), it is likely that our use of the rate of digestion (k dig ) derived under dietary conditions that are different to those imposed during the in vivo digestion studies would negatively impact on the performance of the simulation model.…”

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On the suitability of Illius and Gordon\'s model for simulating the intake and digestibility of roughage diets by ruminants

Nsahlai

Apaloo²

2007

SA J. An. Sci.

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________________________________________________________________________________ AbstractThe aim of this study was to evaluate the suitability of Illius and Gordon's simulation model for predicting the digestibility and intake of tropical roughages by ruminants. Data from seven suitable empirical studies (i.e. studies that reported all requisite data needed to run the model) in which tropical roughages were fed to ruminants were used. These seven studies had 235 intake and 70 digestibility measurements on goats, sheep and cattle. The coefficient of variation (cv)

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On the suitability of Illius and Gordon\'s model for simulating the intake and digestibility of roughage diets by ruminants

Nsahlai

Apaloo²

2007

SA J. An. Sci.

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“…According to Faverdin (1999), faster and more complete digestion of the feed by microbes apparently reduces the fill of the feed in the rumen, and thus enables an increase in feed intake. Bonsi et al (1995) found that rapidly degraded forage from browse species resulted in a proportionately higher intake, digestibility and nitrogen utilisation. A. africana also contains a more readily digestible NDF fraction, resulting in high nutrient digestibility (Bonsi et al 1995) and thus higher DM intake.…”

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Effect of feeding some West African browse foliages on growth and carcass composition in sheep

Ouédraogo‐Koné

Kaboré-Zoungrana

Ledin

2009

Trop Anim Health Prod

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The effect of feeding foliage from Afzelia africana, Pterocarpus erinaceus or Khaya senegalensis on growth performance was evaluated using 32 West African Djallonké rams of about 8 months of age and with a mean initial body weight (BW) of 16.1 kg. The animals were randomly assigned to four groups of 8 animals and the experiment lasted for 13 weeks. All the animals received the same amount of hay from Andropogon gayanus and maize bran (200 g/day each) and dried foliage ad libitum. The control group was fed cottonseed cake in restricted amounts. The animals were able to consume higher amounts of A. africana than of P. erinaceus and K. senegalensis. There was no significant difference in growth rate between sheep offered A. africana or P. erinaceus, 62.9 and 58.8 g/d, respectively, but sheep offered K. senegalensis had a lower average daily gain, 48 g/day (P < 0.05) due to lower consumption of both energy and crude protein. Animals in the control group had the highest growth rate, 95.8 g/day. Sheep offered P. erinaceus and K. senegalensis had similar carcass characteristics and dressing percentage but lower fasted BW, empty BW, carcass weight and dressing percentage (P < 0.05) than sheep offered A. africana. These tree species can provide valuable feed during periods of feed shortage in the humid and sub-humid zones.

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“…Fodder tree leaves were found to be rich in protein, soluble carbohydrates, minerals, and vitamins and showed great potential as an alternate feed resource (Baumer, 1992;Bakshi and Wadhwa, 2007). Use of tree leaves in ruminant enhances microbial growth and digestion (Bonsi et al, 1995). However, efforts to minimize the cost of mineral supplementation in livestock production require a thorough knowledge of the supply and availability of mineral nutrients in feed and forages.…”

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Exploration of Some Important Fodder Plants of Joshimath area of Chamoli District of Garhwal, Uttarakhand

Nautiyal

Tiwari

Rawat

2017

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India has more than 13% of the total livestock population of the world, but it does not have specially identified and regularly managed pastures. Although about 12 million ha of the land in the country is officially recorded as the grazing land, a vast majority of the population depends on the forest for fodder. Livestock is considered as one of the main sources of livelihood, which depends mostly on fodder. Fodder is extracted from forests, grasslands, agricultural land, and agroforestry practices. Agriculture with animal husbandry is the main profession of rural people of this Himalayan region. Livestock plays an important role in the economy of Uttarakhand as it is the important source of income of rural people. There is a vast diversity of fodder plants. Demand for fodder is uniform throughout the year although unavailability of green forage during winter has always remained a serious issue resulting into nutritional deficiency in milching animals. Thus, there is a need to explore fodder plants in Garhwal Himalayas. The present study was conducted to find the diversity of fodder plants and their seasonal availability and mode of use in Chamoli district. The study covers some villages of Joshimath area of Chamoli district of Garhwal which lie in between 30°26′52.37″ to 30°33′02.52″ N latitude and 79°33′57.56″ to 79°41′34.79″ E longitude. The survey was conducted in the years 2014 and 2015. Information on locality, mode of use, and seasonal availability was recorded by interviewing the people of the studied villages. The findings recorded 89 fodder species representing trees, shrubs, herbs, grasses, and climbers. During the rainy season, the availability of fodder is in plenty, but there is fodder crisis in other seasons of the year as people are not aware of scientific conservation of grasses for lean periods. It was observed that more fodder species are needed to be planted to increase the fodder availability in the area.

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Effect of supplementing teff straw with different levels of leucaena or sesbania leaves on the degradabilities of teff straw, sesbania, leucaena, tagasaste and vernonia and on certain rumen and blood metabolites in Ethiopian Menz sheep

Cited by 61 publications

References 38 publications

On the suitability of Illius and Gordon\'s model for simulating the intake and digestibility of roughage diets by ruminants

On the suitability of Illius and Gordon\'s model for simulating the intake and digestibility of roughage diets by ruminants

Effect of feeding some West African browse foliages on growth and carcass composition in sheep

Exploration of Some Important Fodder Plants of Joshimath area of Chamoli District of Garhwal, Uttarakhand

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