The objective of this study was to evaluate the nutritive value of maize stover silage diets containing pig excreta (PE), poultry litter (PL) or urea as nitrogen (N) sources, and sugarcane molasses (MOL) or bakery by-products (BBP) as energy sources.…
A series of in vitro incubations were performed in which a constant substrate (antelope cube) was used and only the inoculum source was varied. With an inoculum obtained from 7 different wild ruminants, gas production rate varied considerably and was…
The ratio's of reticulo-rumen volume to body mass were determined for all four species in addition to rumen pH, fermentation rate and VFA concentration. Information on rumen and faeces dry-matter percentage is also reported. Only the blue wildebeest exhibited a…
