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Increasing the nutritive value of a rice straw-based diet using mulberry and Leucaena to promote the growth performance of lambs

2024
Issue: 3
Volume: 54

D. Yulistiani, Z. A. Jelan, J. B. Liang, H. Yaakub, A. Norhani & F. Saputra Page: 326 - 339

2024-12-12
Marion Young

The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of substituting urea and rice bran with mulberry or a mixture of mulberry and Leucaena in the diet on growth rate, feed intake, nutrient digestibility, nitrogen balance, rumen fermentation, estimated…

Supplementation of dairy weaners grazing tropical pastures

1983
Issue: 1
Volume: 13

R.J. Moss, G.D. Chopping & P.N. Thurbon Page: 6 - 7

2024-12-12
flickerleap

Experiments were carried out to determine the potential of tropical pastures for growth of dairy replacement heifers, and to assess the need for supplementation of growing animals grazing these pastures. Grain supplementation (1,4 kg maize/head/day) increased ADG to 0,62; 0,56…

Live mass, carcass and wool growth responses to supplementation of a roughage diet with sources of protein and energy in South A

1990
Issue: 4
Volume: 20

P.B. Cronjé and E. Weites Page: 161 - 168

2024-12-12
flickerleap

The effect of supplementing a diet of wheat straw plus urea with either 0, 100 or 200 g/d cottonseed oilcake meal .(CSM) in combination with either 0, 100 or 200 g/d whole maize on wool and carcass growth of SA…