Doepel, L., Montgomery, J. E., Beauchemin, K. A., King, J. R. and Acharya, S. N. 2012. Ruminal degradability and wholetract digestibility of protein and fibre fractions in fenugreek haylage. Can. J. Anim. Sci. 92: 211 217. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the digestibility of fenugreek forage compared with alfalfa in dairy cows. Alfalfa and two genotypes of fenugreek, Quatro and F70, w...

Corn stover has great potential as a biomass feedstock, but harvest and storage of this material is challenged by weather conditions at harvest; material moisture; and equipment shortcomings. Field drying characteristics, harvest efficiency and rate, product bulk density, and storage characteristics were quantified for stover harvested and stored in wet or dry form. Only in one case did stover ...

Determining the survival of zoonotic pathogens in livestock manure and runoff is critical for understanding the environmental and public health risks associated with these wastes. The occurrence and persistence of the bacterial pathogens Escherichia coli O157:H7 and Campylobacter spp. in a passive beef cattle feedlot runoff control-vegetative treatment system were examined over a 26-mo period. ...

Aiming to address the problems of low detection accuracy and poor stability due weak anti-interference ability bridge circuit operational amplifier circuit, influence on capacitance bulk density temperature straw bale, an on-line device for moisture content bales in a square baler was developed based method. The integrates sensor, pressure sensor. optimal structure size capacitor plate determin...

Owners of working equids in Morocco, as other low and middle-income countries hobble their animals around the pastern using different materials (wire, baling twine ropes). Resulting wounds are very common can cause serious damage. Some hobbles even embed into soft tissue bony structures pastern. Using a retrospective study The American Fondouk hospital’s clinical records, diagnosis, treatment...

Food consumption is one of the most important components in ensuring household food security. However, there are practices and beliefs that some foods detrimental to health among low-income people, which affects household. The goal this research look into eating habits farmers countryside Kedah State, Malaysian. Agricultural including districts Kubang Pasu, Baling, Delay or prevent, Alor Setar,...