"Experientia docet" - Experience is the best teacher
Energy supplementation of yearling steers at different stocking rates on Nile grass pasture
Forty-eight yearling steers (average live mass = 192.8 and standard deviation = 3.7 kg) were blocked by mass and breed [Sussex (n = 32) and Simmentaler (n = 16)] and within blocks allocated randomly to one of four treatments (supplementation…
Effect of roasting on ruminal degradation, intestinal digestibility and absorbable amino acid profile of cottonseed and soybean
The effect of heat processing on ruminal degradation, intestinal digestibility (UDP-D) and absorbable amino acid (AA) profile of cottonseed oilcake (CSOC) and soybean oilcake (SBOC) was calculated. CSOC and SBOC were roasted in a drum roaster at six temperature settings…
Ruminant nutrition research in South Africa during the decade 1985/1995
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…
Relationships between the water solubility of roughage dry matter and certain chemical characteristics (Short Communication)
The relationships (during summer) between the water solubility of Cymbopogon-Themeda veld grass, Digitaria eriantha (finger grass) and Medicago sativa (lucerne) and their respective contents of crude protein (CP), acid-detergent fibre (ADF) and neutral-detergent fibre (NDF) were determined in samples which…
