The effect of feeding low quality roughages (LQR) on live and carcass weight gains and the incidence and severity of bloat of stocker cattle grazed on wheat pasture was evaluated in a 3 yr study. One hundred eighty-five steer calves (172 kg mean initial weight) grazed clean-tilled wheat pasture and were either fed no LQR or had ad libitum access to wheat straw (WS) or sorghum-Sudan hay (SS). Gr...

Feeding recommendations for captive wild ruminants strictly restrict the use of high-starch/low fiber concentrates and fruits and vegetables, because of their potential to induce acidotic conditions in the forestomach. Nevertheless, such items are still used, and actual measurements documenting the consequences are rare. We used a captive moose (Alces alces) and two domestic cows (Bos primigeni...

Four methods were adopted, including the mobile nylon bag (MNB) method, modified three-step in vitro (MTS) method, original three-step in vitro (OTS) method, and acid detergent insoluble nitrogen (ADIN) estimating method, to evaluate the intestinal digestibility of rumen undegradable protein (DRUP) of 10 types of concentrates and 7 types of roughages. After correlation analysis to determine the...

In the current study area, livestock are an integral part of mixed farming system, and play very important roles as sources draught power, nutrition, cash income, employment poverty alleviation. However, feed shortage, especially during dry season, is most constraint to optimal productivity. This aimed investigate resources feeding practices, coping strategies with seasonal scarcity, identify m...