Voluntary intake and livestock productivity in different ecological zones of Africa
Describes methods used to determine the voluntary intake, grazing behaviour & productivity of livestock in sedentary or semi-transhumant grazing systems of the Malian Sahel, defining relations between intake & some environmental factors, & relating some of the results obtained to other ecological zones in Tropical Africa; with particular reference to weight changes of cattle & their relation to intake, forage availability & implications of the value of protein content for animal production improvement.
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| Main Authors: | , , , |
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| Format: | Working Paper biblioteca |
| Language: | English |
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International Livestock Centre for Africa
1981
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| Subjects: | cattle, feed intake, grazing behaviour, pastoralism, live weight, proteins, feed crops, |
| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/4279 |
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