Feed supplementation of village-based N'Dama calves
Four experiments were carried out in which supplements of locally available proteinaceous by-products were given to young, mainly pre-weaned calves that ranged in initial weight from 30 to 90 kg. The experiments were part of a programme designed to establish practical and economical nutrition interv...
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| author | Little, D.A. Wassink, G.J. Riley, J.A. Agyemang, K. Badjie, B. Dwinger, R.H. |
| author_browse | Agyemang, K. Badjie, B. Dwinger, R.H. Little, D.A. Riley, J.A. Wassink, G.J. |
| author_facet | Little, D.A. Wassink, G.J. Riley, J.A. Agyemang, K. Badjie, B. Dwinger, R.H. |
| author_sort | Little, D.A. |
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| description | Four experiments were carried out in which supplements of locally available proteinaceous by-products were given to young, mainly pre-weaned calves that ranged in initial weight from 30 to 90 kg. The experiments were part of a programme designed to establish practical and economical nutrition interventions for the improved productivity of N'Dama cattle under traditional village husbandry in a sub-humid agro-ecological environment in West Africa. The supplements included groundnut cake, sesame cake, and cotton seed, supplied during both the dry and wet seasons. While significant increases in growth rate were obtained to both dry and wet season supplementation, the responses were both inconsistent and much smaller than those obtained in other studies with older weaned N'Dama cattle. It is concluded that feed supplementation of young cattle should probably be restricted to animal whose liveweight exceeds 100 kg. |
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| spelling | CGSpace296932022-01-29T16:15:04Z Feed supplementation of village-based N'Dama calves Little, D.A. Wassink, G.J. Riley, J.A. Agyemang, K. Badjie, B. Dwinger, R.H. n'dama cattle animal production calves feeds supplementary feeding productivity animal performance live weight weight gain Four experiments were carried out in which supplements of locally available proteinaceous by-products were given to young, mainly pre-weaned calves that ranged in initial weight from 30 to 90 kg. The experiments were part of a programme designed to establish practical and economical nutrition interventions for the improved productivity of N'Dama cattle under traditional village husbandry in a sub-humid agro-ecological environment in West Africa. The supplements included groundnut cake, sesame cake, and cotton seed, supplied during both the dry and wet seasons. While significant increases in growth rate were obtained to both dry and wet season supplementation, the responses were both inconsistent and much smaller than those obtained in other studies with older weaned N'Dama cattle. It is concluded that feed supplementation of young cattle should probably be restricted to animal whose liveweight exceeds 100 kg. 1994 2013-06-11T09:24:31Z 2013-06-11T09:24:31Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/29693 en Limited Access Tropical Agriculture;71(3): 219-222 |
| spellingShingle | n'dama cattle animal production calves feeds supplementary feeding productivity animal performance live weight weight gain Little, D.A. Wassink, G.J. Riley, J.A. Agyemang, K. Badjie, B. Dwinger, R.H. Feed supplementation of village-based N'Dama calves |
| title | Feed supplementation of village-based N'Dama calves |
| title_full | Feed supplementation of village-based N'Dama calves |
| title_fullStr | Feed supplementation of village-based N'Dama calves |
| title_full_unstemmed | Feed supplementation of village-based N'Dama calves |
| title_short | Feed supplementation of village-based N'Dama calves |
| title_sort | feed supplementation of village based n dama calves |
| topic | n'dama cattle animal production calves feeds supplementary feeding productivity animal performance live weight weight gain |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/29693 |
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