A study was carried out to determine what contribution the consumption of sorghum beer strainings (SBS) could make towards animal nutrition. Sorghum beer strainings were analysed for starch, protein, fat, crude fibre, ash, minerals and phytate content on a dry…
Sixty-two piglets weaned at three weeks of age were allotted, in pairs, to four experimental diets (14 piglets to one diet and 16 piglets to each of the other three diets), and fed until 10 weeks of age. The diets…
The experiment was conducted to compare the mobile nylon bag technique (MNBT) with conventional digestibility techniques for the estimation of digestible energy (DE) in pig diets. Factors investigated were the effect of washing after retrieval, predigestion time, particle size, retention…
Different amounts of hull were removed from sunflower oilcake to obtain oilcake with a protein content of 40% (SFOC 40), 42% (SFOC 42), 44% (SFOC 44) and 46% (SFOC 46). respectively. The increase in crude protein content from 40% to…
The experiment was conducted (i) to compare the chemical and physical composition of grain sorghum produced at different locations, (ii) to compare the digestible energy (DE) content of different grain sorghum cultivars produced at different locations, and (iii) to evaluate…
Samples of 150 different cowpea cultivars, used in the breeding trials of the Summer Grain Institute at Potchefstroom, were analysed and found to have an average crude protein content of 28.4 ± 1.8% (range 24.5 to 33.9%). From these samples,…
