Towards better utilisation of non- conventional feed sources by sheep and goats in some African and Asian countries Ben Salem H., Nefzaoui A., Makkar H.P.S. in

The alpine breed was shown to better improve growth and milk performances (Table 6) and the IRA research programme led to a development project where the improvement of goat

Polyethylene glycol as a means for reducing the impact of condensed tannins in carob pulp: Effects on lamb growth performance and carcass and meat quality.. and

It is also important to point out that most of the available data on interactions between nutrition and reproduction in small ruminants is obtained in temperate conditions with

The replacement of oaten hay with a silage based on olive cake and cactus pads in lamb diet induced a higher content of linoleic acid and lower percentages of linolenic acid in the

These options include: (i) organization of local institu- tions to facilitate both collective and individual adaptation and response to climate change; (ii) an innovative approach

The purpose of the present study was to examine the influ- ence of feeding quebracho tannins treated alfalfa hay during 64 days on some blood metabolites as indicators of the

The study of the effect of the nature of the energy source at the complementation showed that the concentration of total VFA in the rumen just before the distribution of the

Three groups of 10 lambs each were allocated to one of the following dietary treatment according to a cross-over design: grazing native pasture free of acacia and other woody