Nutritional and economic benefits of leucaena and gliricidia as feed supplements for small ruminants in humid West Africa
Considering leguminous trees Leucaena and Gliricidia as good sources of quality food, on-station and on-farm studies were conducted in the humid zone of West Africa to establish animal responses to levels, times and forms of browse supplementation, to develop alternative feeding strategies for utili...
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| author | Jabbar, M.A. Reynolds, L. Larbi, Asamoah Smith, Jimmy W. |
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| description | Considering leguminous trees Leucaena and Gliricidia as good sources of quality food, on-station and on-farm studies were conducted in the humid zone of West Africa to establish animal responses to levels, times and forms of browse supplementation, to develop alternative feeding strategies for utilising limited feed supply and to assess the economic benefits of feed supplements as against the use of tree foliage as mulch for crop production. Results indicate that at any level of supplement, sheep grew twice as fast as goats. The main benefits of supplementation had significant effect on intake. Economic analyses showed that crop response to mulching was the principal competing determinant of whether the use of tree foliage as feed supplement was economic. |
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| spelling | CGSpace331992024-04-25T06:01:11Z Nutritional and economic benefits of leucaena and gliricidia as feed supplements for small ruminants in humid West Africa Jabbar, M.A. Reynolds, L. Larbi, Asamoah Smith, Jimmy W. sheep goats leucaena gliricidia supplements humid zones nutritive value economic analysis Considering leguminous trees Leucaena and Gliricidia as good sources of quality food, on-station and on-farm studies were conducted in the humid zone of West Africa to establish animal responses to levels, times and forms of browse supplementation, to develop alternative feeding strategies for utilising limited feed supply and to assess the economic benefits of feed supplements as against the use of tree foliage as mulch for crop production. Results indicate that at any level of supplement, sheep grew twice as fast as goats. The main benefits of supplementation had significant effect on intake. Economic analyses showed that crop response to mulching was the principal competing determinant of whether the use of tree foliage as feed supplement was economic. 1997-02 2013-07-03T05:26:13Z 2013-07-03T05:26:13Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/33199 en Limited Access Springer Tropical Animal Health and Production;29(1): 35-47 |
| spellingShingle | sheep goats leucaena gliricidia supplements humid zones nutritive value economic analysis Jabbar, M.A. Reynolds, L. Larbi, Asamoah Smith, Jimmy W. Nutritional and economic benefits of leucaena and gliricidia as feed supplements for small ruminants in humid West Africa |
| title | Nutritional and economic benefits of leucaena and gliricidia as feed supplements for small ruminants in humid West Africa |
| title_full | Nutritional and economic benefits of leucaena and gliricidia as feed supplements for small ruminants in humid West Africa |
| title_fullStr | Nutritional and economic benefits of leucaena and gliricidia as feed supplements for small ruminants in humid West Africa |
| title_full_unstemmed | Nutritional and economic benefits of leucaena and gliricidia as feed supplements for small ruminants in humid West Africa |
| title_short | Nutritional and economic benefits of leucaena and gliricidia as feed supplements for small ruminants in humid West Africa |
| title_sort | nutritional and economic benefits of leucaena and gliricidia as feed supplements for small ruminants in humid west africa |
| topic | sheep goats leucaena gliricidia supplements humid zones nutritive value economic analysis |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/33199 |
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