The chemical composition and in vitro dry matter digestibility of a number of forages, namely lucerne (Medicago sativa), Italian rye grass (Lolium multiflorum), triticale (Triticale hexaploide), oats (Avena sativa), tall fescue (Festuca arundinacea), babala (Penniseturn typhoides), forage sorghum (Sorghum bicolour…
The effects of feeding diets containing different levels of raw cowpea on the histomorphometry of the small intestine and faecal composition were investigated in weaned piglets. A total of 100 21-day-old weaners were divided into five equal groups and were…
This study was conducted to determine the status of Salmonella during the processing of ostriches to ostrich meat and products. When a total of 1429 samples, collected from fillet, liver, gizzards, blood meal, skins, heart, faeces, large and small intestines,…
According to the returns to the Department of Animal health and Production in December 1996 there were only 10 registered ostrich farms in Botswana with a total of 4305 ostriches kept. Ostriches of all ages were kept and the juveniles,…
Blood samples were withdrawn once weekly from the jugular vein of 10 karakul lambs (ca. 17 kg) for 12 weeks. The lambs were randomly allocated to a treatment and fed either a high-fibre (HF, n = 5) or low-fibre (LF,…
Data collected from calves born at the Bartlow Combine Breeding Station were analysed to estimate direct and maternal additive genetic variances and resulting heritabilities for weight at birth, 205, 365 and 540-days of age. The estimates of direct heritability were…
Ruminant animals acquire their amino acids from the small intestinal digestion of ruminally derived microbial protein and dietary protein which has escaped ruminal degradation. The UK metabolizable protein system provides a framework with which the net absorption of amino acids…
The use of three media to support growth and development in headfold Sprague-Dawley rat embryos cultured for 48 h, for possible use in a teratogen assay, was investigated using sheep serum (SM) and sheep serum mixed with rat serum (80%…
