Effects of limited irrigation on forage yield, nutritive value and water use efficiency of Persian clover (Trifolium resupinatum) compared to berseem clover (Trifolium …

M Balazadeh, M Zamanian, F Golzardi… - … in Soil Science and …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
To evaluate the forage yield and quality of Berseem and Persian clover cultivars, a two-year
experiment was conducted during two growing seasons (2017–2018 and 2018–2019) …

[HTML][HTML] Nutritive value of grasses in semi-arid rangelands of Ethiopia: Local experience based herbage preference evaluation versus laboratory analysis

HT Keba, IC Madakadze, A Angassa… - … -Australasian Journal of …, 2013 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
We examined the nutritive value of common grass species in the semi-arid rangelands of
Borana in southern Ethiopia using local experience based herbage preference (LEBHP) …

[PDF][PDF] Rangeland degradation and restoration: A global perspective

B Zerga - Point Journal of Agriculture and Biotechnology …, 2015 - academia.edu
Rangelands are lands on which the indigenous vegetation is predominantly grasses, grass-
like plants, forbs, or shrubs and are managed as a natural ecosystem. They include …

Relationship between fibre degradation kinetics and chemical composition of forages and by-products in ruminants

S Du, M Xu, J Yao - Journal of Applied Animal Research, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
This experiment was conducted to investigate the relationship between fibre degradation
kinetics and chemical composition of forages and by-products using nylon bag technology …

An investigation of the nutritional value of camelthorn (Alhagi maurorum) at three growth stages and its substitution with part of the forage in Afshari ewes' diets

M Kazemi, KG Bezdi - Animal Feed Science and Technology, 2021 - Elsevier
The camelthorn (Alhagi maurorum: AM) is a drought-resistant plant belonging to the
Fabaceae family, but its nutritional value has received little attention. First, the nutritional …

[PDF][PDF] Nutritive potential and palatability preference of browse foliage by livestock in arid rangelands of Cholistan desert (Pakistan).

M Abdullah, M Rafay, T Hussain, H Ahmad… - JAPS: Journal of …, 2017 - thejaps.org.pk
This study was conducted in Cholistan rangelands to collect information about the
palatability and nutritive potential of browses that remained available throughout the year for …

Alternative forages as roughage for ruminant: Nutritional characteristics and digestibility of six exotic plants in Azores archipelago

HPB Nunes, S Teixeira, CSAM Maduro Dias… - Animals, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary The potential use of exotic plants in animal feed provides a source of fiber
for grazing ruminants when there is a shortage of pasture. The objective of this research was …

Borana rangeland of southern Ethiopia: Estimating biomass production and carrying capacity using field and remote sensing data

Y Fenetahun, Y Yuan, XW Xu, YD Wang - Plant Diversity, 2022 - Elsevier
Assessing rangeland productivity is critical to reduce ecological degradation and promote
sustainable livestock management. Here, we estimated biomass productivity and carrying …

Barley origin and related species

R Von Bothmer, T Komatsuda - Barley: production, improvement …, 2011 - books.google.com
The barley genus Hordeum was formerly considered a nonhomogeneous group with
basically a number of unrelated but morphologically rather similar entities, thus not …

Chemical characterisation of Moringa oleifera (MO) leaves and the apparent digestibility of MO leaf meal-based diets offered to three chicken strains

NA Sebola, V Mlambo, HK Mokoboki - Agroforestry systems, 2019 - Springer
The utility of Moringa oleifera leaves as a nutraceutical component of chicken diets depends
on the leaves' chemical composition and in vivo digestibility, parameters that are largely …