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Livestock Research for Rural Development, Volume 23, Number 4, April 2011
ISSN 0121-3784
Contents
Papers:
Growth of maize in acid soil amended with biochar, derived from gasifier reactor and gasifier stove, with or without organic fertilizer (biodigester effluent)
; Huy Sokchea and T R Preston
Productive and reproductive evaluation of cattle of different breed groups in dual purpose systems in Middle Sinu Valley
; H Martínez , G Bedoya, M Berrocal, M Palomino and O Vergara (In Spanish)
Effect of different levels of supplementary potassium nitrate replacing urea on growth rates and methane production in goats fed rice straw, mimosa foliage and water spinach
; Iv Sophea and T R Preston
Effect of supplementing wheat bran,
Acacia albida
leaf meal and their mixture on feed intake and carcass characteristics of Horro sheep fed vetch (
Lathyrus sativus
) haulm basal diet
; Takele Feyera and Getachew Animut
Prevalence of mastitis in dairy herds in North-Eastern of Algeria
; R Bouzid, A Hocine, F Maifia, F Rezig, R Ouzrout and K Touati (In French)
Responses of broilers to dietary levels of processed
Detarium microcarpum
(Guill and sperr) seed meal
; C O Obun, M S Yahaya and A A Kibon
Utilization of local Trees and Shrubs for sustainable livestock production in the Talensi-Nabdam District of the Upper East Region of Ghana
; T Ansah and D A Nagbila
Effect of the level of incorporation of cassava flour in the diet on broiler growth parameters
; H Mafouo Ngandjou, A Teguia, J R Kana, H K Mube and M Diarra (In French)
Effect of supplementation level on nitrogen use, milk yield and milk quality in early and mid lactation Holstein cows in Antioquia
; Héctor J Correa, Martha L Pabón, Myriam Y Sanchéz de G and Juan E Carulla (In Spanish)
Seasonal and parity effects on some performance and reproductive characteristics of crossbred dairy cows raised under tropical conditions of the Sudan
; E O Amasaib, Anma Fadel-Elseed, A G Mahala and A A Fadlelmoula
Survivability of lambs under village management condition: The case around Jimma, Ethiopia
; Berhanu Belay and Aynalem Haile
Evaluation of the bacterial contamination of pure and diluted swine semen
; M Acosta, M Ruedas, T Arias, R Paez, I Espinosa,V Martinez and R Perdigón (In Spanish)
Evaluation of rations supplemented with fibrolytic enzyme on dairy cows performance.
In situ
ruminal degradability of different feedstuffs
; M I Bassiouni, H M A Gaafar, M S Saleh, A M A Mohi El-Din and M A H Elshora
Estimation of crossbreeding effects for growth and immunological traits in a crossbreeding experiment involving two local strains of chickens
; M M Iraqi, M S Hanafi, Gihan M EL-Moghazy, A H El-Kotait and M H Abdel A’al
Profile of progesterone and multiple pregnancies in African dwarf goats (
Capra hircus
) of the Humid Forest Zone of Cameroon
; D Djoko Teinkam, C Meyer, D Monniaux, A-L Lainé, M Ndoumbé Nkeng and P Kamtchouing (In French)
Diet pelleting effect on the efficiency of enzymatic preparation based on
b
-glucanase in broiler chicken
; Nejib Mathlouthi, Nathalie Ballet and Michel Larbier (In French)
Ewe reproduction and lamb pre-weaning growth and survival traits of ‘INRA 180’ a synthetic sheep breed
; M El Fadili
Lamb carcass quality of Timahdite and INRA 180 breeds assessed on station by ultrasound and at slaughter house
; M El Fadili and K Lakhssassi (In French)
Opportunities and challenges of pig production in Botswana
; John C Moreki and Hezlet G Mphinyane
Prediction of some Tunisian roughages voluntary intake by heifers and ewes from chemical composition and ruminal degradation characteristics
; M Hammami,; A Chermiti, R Bouraoui, A Ben Gara, B Rekik and H Rouissi (In French)
Evaluation of some varieties of oats grown in Algeria as ruminant feed
; H S Arbouche, Y Arbouche, F Arbouche and R Arbouche (In French)
Evaluation of the dairy cow biotype through milk composition, nutrition and grazing management
; H Landi, L Barros and C Micheo
Effect of processing cassava leaves and supplementing them with DL-methionine, on intake, growth and feed conversion in crossbred growing pigs
; Chhay Ty, Khieu Borin and T R Preston
Replacing rice bran and duckweed with ensiled Taro leaf-stem foliage (
Colocasia esculenta
) in diets of growing local ducks
; Chhay Ty, Khieu Borin, Sok Chanpheakdey, Vor Sina, Hem Buntho and T R Preston
Testicular growth of Nelore bulls
; A L A Neves, A J Delrei and M P Santos (In Portuguese)
Predicting body weight of Tanzania shorthorn zebu cattle using heart girth measurements;
I P B Kashoma, C Luziga, C W Werema, G A Shirima and D Ndossi
Feed intake, digestibility and live weight performance of cricetome (
Cricetomys gambianus
) fed a concentrate containing
Moringa oleifera
and
Leucaena leucocephala
(Benin)
; T J Dougnon, B A Aboh and T M Kpodékon (In French)
Local poultry populations in Tunisia: Present and alternatives. A review
; A Raach-Moujahed, N Moujahed and B Haddad
Suckling behavior of buffalo calves receiving different types of supplementation
; R Patiño Pardo, L Botero Arango and L Altahona Buelvas ((In Spanish)
Effect on methane production of supplementing a basal substrate of molasses and cassava leaf meal with mangosteen peel (
Garcinia mangostana
) and urea or nitrate in an
in vitro
incubation
; Vo Duy Thanh, T R Preston and R A Leng
Phenotypic characteristics of Sudanese camels (
Camelus dromedarius
)
; I A Ishag, M O Eisa and M-K A Ahmed
Short communications
Comparison of natural pond system with an intensive (indoor) system for raising Cachama (
Colossoma macropomu
) and Tilapia (
Oreochromis niloticus
)
; Tick Nouanthavong and T R Preston
Growth performance of chickens fed
Gongronema latifolia
leaf extracts as a supplementary source of vitamins and minerals
; Machebe Ndubuisi, Agbo Christian and Onuaguluchi Cynthia
Meat-type buffaloes: age at slaughter by survival analysis
; Edison Julián Ramírez Toro, Jaime Alberto Mesa R, Divier Antonio Agudelo Gomez, Diana Maria Bolivar Vergara and Mario Fernando Cerón-Muñoz
Administrative
LRRD Newsletter
Notes to Authors