Research Archives

Improved small stock production – collaboration between scientist and producer

1986
Issue: 3
Volume: 16

D. Wentzel Page: 123 - 126

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Small stock production in South Africa is practised under a variety of conditions, each of which demands specific management inputs, disease control programmes, specific types of animals, and economic considerations. Improved small stock production involves close cooperation between the animal…

1995
Issue: 4
Volume: 25

H.H. Meissner, W.A. van Niekerk, D.V. Paulsmeier and P.H. Henning Page: 118 - 131

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Research on ruminant nutrition in South Africa is reviewed for the decade 1985/1995. The review covers the following topics: feed requirements and forage preferences in relation to carrying capacity, intake measurement and control/prediction, pasture utilization, protein digestion and metabolism, supplementation…