<> "The repository administrator has not yet configured an RDF license."^^ . . . "PERFORMANCE OF BLACKHEAD OGADEN SHEEP FED DIFFERENT GRASSES (Chloris gayana, Pennisetum purpureum, Panicum maximum AND Cynodon dactylon) BASAL DIETS AND THE SAME CONCENTRATE MIXTURE"^^ . "A study was conducted to determine the effect of feeding Rhodes grass (RG; Chloris gayana) as\r\ntreatment 1 (T1), elephant grass (EG; Pennisetum purpureum as T2), guinea grass (GG; Panicum maximum as\r\nT3) and bermuda grass (BG; Cynodon dactylon as T4) supplemented with a similar amount of concentrate\r\nmixture (CM; wheat bran (WB) and Noug seed cake (NSC) at 67:33 ratio) on performance and economy of\r\nfattening of Blackhead Ogaden sheep. The study consisted of a feeding and digestibility trials of 90 and 7\r\ndays long, respectively. Twenty-four intact yearling Blackhead Ogaden sheep with an initial body weight (BW)\r\nof 15.83±0.04 kg (mean±SD) were used in a randomized complete block design based on their initial BW\r\nwith four treatments and six replications. All animals received 300 g dry matter (DM) of CM. Nutrient\r\nconcentration of RG, EG, GG, BG, NSC and WB were 5.5, 8.8, 7.6, 7.9, 24.3 and 14.0% crude protein (CP), and\r\n83.3, 74.5, 75.4, 81.5, 39.0 and 45% neutral detergent fiber, respectively on DM basis. Intake of DM was\r\n696, 700, 719 and 716 g/day (SEM = 0.004) for T1, T2, T3 and T4, respectively and was lowest for T1 and\r\nhighest for T3. The CP intake was also lowest for T1 (89 g/day), and similar among the other 3 treatments\r\n(99-103 g/day). Digestibility of CP and organic matter were highest for T2, intermediate for T3 and T4 and\r\nlowest for T1. Average daily gain was in the order of T2 > T3 = T4 > T1 (27, 63, 50 and 45 g/day (SEM = 13.1)\r\nfor T1, T2, T3 and T4, respectively); whereas hot carcass weight did not significantly differ among treatments\r\n(5.7, 6.4, 6.1 and 6.3 kg (SEM = 0.36) for T1, T2, T3 and T4, respectively). Total return, net income and\r\nmarginal rate of return were all in the order of T2 > T4 > T3 > T1. Therefore, based on biological performance\r\nas well as economic return, sheep fed elephant grass perform better. However, variations in performance and\r\neconomic return among the four grass species needs to be taken cautiously as part of the difference might\r\nhave attributed to differences in the stage of maturity of the grasses up on harvest for feeding the lambs."^^ . "2022-07-30" . . "12" . "4" . . "Scienceline Publication"^^ . . . "Online Journal of Animal and Feed Research"^^ . . . "22287701" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "K."^^ . "Abdimahad"^^ . "K. Abdimahad"^^ . . "G."^^ . "Hassen"^^ . "G. Hassen"^^ . . "G."^^ . "Animut"^^ . "G. Animut"^^ . . "M."^^ . "Ahmed"^^ . "M. Ahmed"^^ . . . . . . "PERFORMANCE OF BLACKHEAD OGADEN SHEEP FED DIFFERENT GRASSES (Chloris gayana, Pennisetum purpureum, Panicum maximum AND Cynodon dactylon) BASAL DIETS AND THE SAME CONCENTRATE MIXTURE (Text)"^^ . . . . . "OJAFR 12(4) 222-231, 2022.pdf"^^ . . . "PERFORMANCE OF BLACKHEAD OGADEN SHEEP FED DIFFERENT GRASSES (Chloris gayana, Pennisetum purpureum, Panicum maximum AND Cynodon dactylon) BASAL DIETS AND THE SAME CONCENTRATE MIXTURE (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "indexcodes.txt"^^ . . "HTML Summary of #618 \n\n\n \n PERFORMANCE OF BLACKHEAD OGADEN SHEEP FED DIFFERENT GRASSES (Chloris gayana, Pennisetum purpureum, Panicum maximum AND Cynodon dactylon) BASAL DIETS AND THE SAME CONCENTRATE MIXTURE\n \n\n" . "text/html" . . . "S Agriculture (General)"@en . . . "SF Animal culture"@en . . . "ZOO-TECHNICAL PERFORMANCE OF INDIGENOUS DAIRY COWS UNDER SMALL HOLDER FARMERS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM IN HAWELLA-TULLA DISTRICT, ETHIOPIA"^^ . "Ethiopia's dairy production system is predominantly extensive, with poor cattle performance constrained by a variety of factors such as poor genetics, low reproductive performance, and poor quality of feed, among others. So far, little work aimed at increasing dairy production has been undertaken. The objective of the study was to characterize the zoo-technical performance of indigenous dairy cows under small holder farmer management system. The study was undertaken in Hawella-Tulla district, Sidama Region; Sothern Ethiopia from November 2020 to March 2021. From three peasant associations (PA), 180 smallholder dairy farmers who owned local cows were selected using a simple random selection technique. Data were collected using a structured questionnaire. The majority of farmers (75%) practiced in mixed crop-livestock farming primarily produce milk for income generation. Farmers hold an average of 1.95±0.063 local lactating cows. The productive performance of the indigenous cow mean of daily milk yield was 1.53±0.09 liters and 6.5±0.89 months of lactation length. The mean age at first service (AFS) was 38.5 ± 2.71 months, Age at first calving (AFC) was 45.3±2.82 months, calving interval (CI) was 20.08±0.9 months, and number of services per conception (NSPC) was 2.5 ±0.63. It can be concluded that the zoo-technical performance of local cows was very low. Therefore, planned technical and institutional intervention to improve the feeding system, provide better health management, genetic improvement of local breeds through crossbreeding and synchronization should be carried out for the betterment performance of local cows."^^ . "2022-05-30" . . "12" . "3" . . "Scienceline Publication"^^ . . . "Online Journal of Animal and Feed Research"^^ . . . "22287701" . . . . . . . "S."^^ . "Endale"^^ . "S. Endale"^^ . . . . . . "ZOO-TECHNICAL PERFORMANCE OF INDIGENOUS DAIRY COWS UNDER SMALL HOLDER FARMERS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM IN HAWELLA-TULLA DISTRICT, ETHIOPIA (Text)"^^ . . . . . "OJAFR 12(3) 111-116, 2022.pdf"^^ . . . "ZOO-TECHNICAL PERFORMANCE OF INDIGENOUS DAIRY COWS UNDER SMALL HOLDER FARMERS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM IN HAWELLA-TULLA DISTRICT, ETHIOPIA (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "indexcodes.txt"^^ . . "HTML Summary of #633 \n\n\n \n ZOO-TECHNICAL PERFORMANCE OF INDIGENOUS DAIRY COWS UNDER SMALL HOLDER FARMERS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM IN HAWELLA-TULLA DISTRICT, ETHIOPIA\n \n\n" . "text/html" . . . "S Agriculture (General)"@en . . . "SF Animal culture"@en . . . "Methane Emission Factors From Indigenous Cattle Breed In Smallholder Livestock Production Systems In Ethiopia"^^ . "The objective of this study was to estimate methane (CH4) emission factor from enteric fermentation and manure management in indigenous cattle in Ethiopian highland using intergovernmental panel on climate change (IPCC) tier 2 methodologies. A survey was conducted in 2018 using questionnaire regarding cattle management, feed and feeding system on 50 smallholder farmers in central Ethiopia. Information was also collected from literature and contact with federal and regional research institutions. This information was used as input in the IPCC tier 2 methodologies for estimation of CH4 emission factors for eight cattle sub-categories. Results indicated that enteric CH4 emission factors were estimated to be 65, 49, 37, 56, 66, 58, 63 and 11 for mature lactating cows, dry cows, heifers (2-3 years), growing females (1-2 years), draught oxen, mature breeding males, growing males (1-2 years) and calves (< 1 year), respectively. Manure management CH4 emission factors were 4.97, 3.77, 2.86, 4.33, 5.06, 4.47, 4.88 and 1.71 kg/head/year for mature lactating cows, dry cows, heifers (2-3 years), growing females (1-2 years), draught oxen, mature breeding males, growing males (1-2 years) and calves (< 1 year), respectively. The present estimate on enteric CH4 emission factor using tier 2 methodologies in present study ranged from 11 to 66 kg per head per year while manure management CH4 emission factor ranged from 1.71 to 5 kg per head per year. These values are higher than the IPCC 2006 tier 1 default values for African region. However, present work’s estimates are within a range of literature reports for other cattle in different countries. Further research is required to improve emission factors estimates using primary data on live weight, animal performance and feed characterization. © 2021. Online Journal of Animal and Feed Research. All Rights Reserved."^^ . "2021-07-28" . . "11" . "4" . . "Scienceline Publication"^^ . . . "Online Journal of Animal and Feed Research"^^ . . . "22287701" . . . . . . . . . . "M."^^ . "Tdesse"^^ . "M. Tdesse"^^ . . "K."^^ . "Getahun"^^ . "K. Getahun"^^ . . . . . . "Methane Emission Factors From Indigenous Cattle Breed In Smallholder Livestock Production Systems In Ethiopia (Text)"^^ . . . . . "OJAFR 11(4) 145-150, 2021.pdf"^^ . . . "Methane Emission Factors From Indigenous Cattle Breed In Smallholder Livestock Production Systems In Ethiopia (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "indexcodes.txt"^^ . . "HTML Summary of #13 \n\n\n \n Methane Emission Factors From Indigenous Cattle Breed In Smallholder Livestock Production Systems In Ethiopia\n \n\n" . "text/html" . . . "QL Zoology"@en . . . "S Agriculture (General)"@en . . . "SF Animal culture"@en .