Utilisation Par Les Moutons D'herbages Sans Plantations, Au Ghana

Asiedu, F. H.; Oppong, E. N. W.; Opoku, Andrews

doi:10.1007/bf02235293

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“…Asiedu, Oppong and Opoku (1978) found that sheep gained 64 g/day on grass during the wet season, whilst earlier studies at this Institute showed that sheep gained 67 g/day on good quality Digitaria smutsii and 26 g/day on low quality Cynodon plectostachus pasture. Climatic conditions, heavy rains during the night and internal parasites were probably responsible for these rather low gains.…”

Section: Concentrates For Sheep On Pasturementioning

confidence: 75%

7.6 Concentrate feeding of sheep in Nigeria

Brinckman¹

1981

BSAP Occas. Publ.

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Total sheep population in Nigeria is probably around 8 million (anonymous, 1975). The majority of these sheep live in the northern part of the country. The three most important breeds in the north are the Uda, the Balami and the Yankasa. The former two are examples of the typical longlegged, long-tailed, hairy sheep, living along the southern border of the Sahara. The Yankasa occupies the middle and most of the northern part of the country. It probably developed as a cross between the West African Dwarf (or Forest) Sheep from the south and the Uda from the north. It possesses the heavy neck ruff that is typical of the West African Dwarf but is taller and heavier.

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Section: Concentrates For Sheep On Pasturementioning

confidence: 75%

7.6 Concentrate feeding of sheep in Nigeria

Brinckman¹

1981

BSAP Occas. Publ.

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“…It has many positive qualities that bene t humans but have escaped human attention. The upright nature of this plant, its ability to thrive in shade, its aroma and palatability, and its thornless physical characteristics all contribute to its attractiveness to grazing animals, and it is therefore used as forage for cattle, goats, and sheep in Africa and Southeast Asia (Adetula 2004;Asiedu et al 1978). The crude protein content of this plant, which is similar to that of cassava leaves, is signi cantly higher than that of common grasses, while its mineral content indicates that Asystasia is a good source of Ca, P, Mn, Zn, and Cu for cattle (Khalil 2016).…”

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Asystasia gangetica, beyond its Widespread Distribution Recorded in Two Indonesian Herbaria Since 1863: A Nuisance or A Blessing?

Tanjung,

Nurainas,

Zulaspita

2023

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In the world of botanical diversity, some plants manage to find their niche through adaptability and widespread distribution. Asystasia gangetica, one of those versatile species, has established itself in various ecosystems worldwide. Based on specimen collections of the Herbarium Bogoriense and the Herbarium Anda, we investigated the global distribution of this plant by highlighting its characteristics, ecological adaptability, significance, implications, and potential benefits. This study showed that A. gangetica had flourished in Malaysia in 1863, 30 years before it had in Indonesia, refuting the popular belief that it had been introduced to the country in 1876. Furthermore, given the two A. gangetica subspecies differ in phenotype and genotype, we propose that they should be considered distinct species. So, the subsp. gangetica, native to the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia and is synonymous with Asystasia coromandeliana, should be named Asystasia gangetica, while the subsp. micrantha, native to Africa and the Arabian Peninsula and is synonymous with Asystasia intrusa, should be named Asystasia micrantha. This study confirmed that A. micrantha is more invasive than A. gangetica. Both plants, however, exhibit advantageous qualities beneficial to humans. As a cover crop, it is useful for conservation efforts. As a food source, it is nutritious for humans and animals. As a bioactive compound source, it can be developed into novel drugs. Its beneficial properties imply that this plant is intended to benefit humans and animals, even though its invasiveness needs to be monitored and regulated. Thus, we believe its advantages outweigh its drawbacks.

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“…With this in mind and also the fact that para grass is firmly established along waterways on the Research Station it was decided to test it under the tree crops. Earlier studies (Asiedu et al 1978) had shown that swards of predominantly centro and puero adapted well to 6-week grazing intervals. International Livestock Centre for Africa (1979) also suggests defoliation intervals of 6 weeks for humid African grasses.…”

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Energy and protein content and intake by stall-fed lambs of pure and mixed swards of Centrosema pubescens Benth., Pueraria phaseoloides Benth. and Brachiaria mutica Stapf. under a mango plantation

Asiedu

Karikari²

1985

J. Agric. Sci.

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Pure and mixed swards of Centrosema pubescens (centro), Pueraria phaseoloides (puero) and Brachiaria mutica (para grass) established under a 12-year-old mango plantation were sampled at 6-week intervals for 2 years to determine crude-protein (CP) content, dry-matter (D.M.) and CP yields and apparent digestible energy and apparent digestible crude-protein (DCP) contents. Daily dry-matter intake (DMI) and apparent digestible energy and digestible crude-protein intakes (DEI and DCPI), as well as live-weight gain (LWG) by 11-5 kg penned West African cross-bred weaner lambs, were also determined.The pure legumes were better than the mixed swards in respect of CP (mean: 22-1, 18-8, 14-4 and 13-8% for centro, puero, centro-para grass and puero-para grass respectively) and DCP (mean: 16-2, 13-4, 10-4 and 10-0% respectively) contents, and daily DMI (mean: 50-8, 49-7, 41-8 and 41-3 g/kg W 075 respectively), DEI (mean: 562, 531, 418 and 410 kj/kg W 075 respectively) and DCPI (mean: 8'09, 6-55, 4-04 and 3-94 g/kg W 075 respectively). On the other hand the legume-grass mixed swards, especially puero-para grass, were superior to the corresponding pure-legume swards with regard to D.M. yield (mean: 11-90, 7-69, 7-13 and 4-54 t/hafor puero-para grass, centro-para grass, puero and centro respectively) and CP yield(mean: 1-62,1-09, 1*32 and 0-99 t/ha respectively). The pure-legume stands gave the highest LWG per lamb (mean: 45-7, 389, 2 6 3 and 25-3 g/day for centro, puero, centro-para grass and puero-para grass respectively) but it was estimated that the legume-grass mixed swards would give higher returns in terms of lamb LWG on forages harvested per unit sward area than the corresponding pure-legume cover.It was concluded that legume-grass covers would be preferred to all-legume covers if livestock were to be integrated into tree crop farming systems. However, the choice of companion grass would have to be given proper consideration as shade-intolerant grass species, such as para grass, would detract from profit maximization.

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Utilisation Par Les Moutons D'herbages Sans Plantations, Au Ghana

Cited by 8 publications

References 13 publications

7.6 Concentrate feeding of sheep in Nigeria

7.6 Concentrate feeding of sheep in Nigeria

Asystasia gangetica, beyond its Widespread Distribution Recorded in Two Indonesian Herbaria Since 1863: A Nuisance or A Blessing?

Energy and protein content and intake by stall-fed lambs of pure and mixed swards of Centrosema pubescens Benth., Pueraria phaseoloides Benth. and Brachiaria mutica Stapf. under a mango plantation

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