in order to evaluate the quantitative factors in fox tail millet (setaria italica l.) under three stages of growth, an experiment was conducted in birjand during spring and summer of 2010. the preliminary objective was evaluation of fox tail physiological characteristics on animals that feed them. planting of foxtail millet was performed according to local practices and endemic acknowledge. sam...

The objective of this study was to estimate genetic and phenotypic correlations of body weight at 6 weeks of age (BW6), as well as final carcass yield, and moisture, protein, fat and ash contents, using data from 3,422 F2 chickens originated from reciprocal cross between a broiler and a layer line. Variance components were estimated by the REML method, using animal models for evaluating random ...

Sixteen steers (650 Ib) were used to determine the effects of corn moisture, protein concentration and monensin (Rumensin) on ration digestibility and nitrogen retention. The steers were placed in metabolism stalls and fed rations of high moisture corn (HMC) or dry rolled corn at two protein levels (9.3 and 12.3 percent) with two monensin levels (0 and 30 g per ton of feed). Monensin addition d...

The South African mining industry has been the backbone of the country’s economy for much of the past century. Mining has, however, often caused the degradation of productive soils. The amendment of these soils is often very expensive and often not sustainable. The University of Pretoria in cooperation with Eskom TSI, has over the past seven years conducted a series of trials. These trials have...

In this study, the amounts of dry matter, moisture, crude ash, protein, fat and organic matter in T. boudieri were determined to be 89.75, 10.25, 7.80, 20.13, 3.45 and 81.95% of the dry weight, respectively. The contents of mineral were: macronutrients (mg/g, dry wt) K 63.8, Ca 0.27 and Na 0.2; micronutrients (mg/kg, dry wt) Fe 1455.0, Zn 42.5, Mn 15.8 and Cu 30.1. Toxic elements such as Pb, Ni...

the objectives of this research were to study the varieties and relationships of yield and quality traits under two harvesting management procedures concerning forage dry matter (dm yield) and 5 quality traits such as dry matter digestibility (dmd%), water soluble carbohydrates (wsc%), crude protein (cp%), acid detergent fibre (adf%) and total ash in tall wheatgrass (agropyron elongatum). in th...

The objectives of this research were to study the varieties and relationships of yield and quality traits under two harvesting management procedures concerning forage dry matter (DM yield) and 5 quality traits such as Dry Matter Digestibility (DMD%), Water Soluble Carbohydrates (WSC%), Crude Protein (CP%), Acid Detergent Fibre (ADF%) and total ash in tall wheatgrass (Agropyron elongatum). In th...