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The nutrient requirements of ruminant livestock
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This article is published in Animal Feed Science and Technology.The article was published on 1982-06-01. It has received 1931 citations till now.read more
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A comparison of silage-based and dried forage-based diets for finishing beef cattle
TL;DR: In this paper, the effect of supplementing the silage-based diet with additional protein was examined, and it was concluded that protein supplementation did not affect performance but tended to increase carcass fatness.
Algae in animal production
TL;DR: In this paper, a method has been developed for culturing unicellular algae in a batch operating system, using locally available ingredients, and the estimated cost is about $ 1.25 per ton of algal suspension.
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Energy utilization for maintenance and growth in preruminant kid goats and lambs
TL;DR: In this article, the energy metaboclism of the Granadina kid goat and the Segurena lamb was analyzed by an experiment on different feeding levels and comparative slaughter, and the metabolizable energy (ME) intake, total energy retention, energy retained as protein and energy retaining as fat were determined in both kinds of animal for their first 2 months of life.
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Liveweight gain and carcass characteristics of bulls and steers farmed on hill country
Roger W. Purchas,D. A. Grant +1 more
TL;DR: Kidney and pelvic fat weight and percentage intramuscular fat were similar for the two bull groups, but fat depth was greater for the Hereford‐cross bulls, and growth rates of both bull groups were similar, and for both, were significantly higher than for the steer group.
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Forage availability and its quality in the dry season on smallholder dairy farms in Tanzania
E. J. Mtengeti,Ecj Phiri,NA Urio,David Gongwe Mhando,Z. S. K. Mvena,R. Ryoba,Robinson H. Mdegela,Bal Ram Singh,M. Mo,A. Wetlesen,T. L⊘rken,Olav Reksen +11 more
TL;DR: It was revealed that dairy farmers depended solely on natural grasses and crop residues, which are low in CP, digestibility and mineral content, which were low in Cu and Zn and 84% in P. purpureum.