supported by the Strategic Priority Research Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences(Grant No.XDA26050301-02)。
The global rise in animal protein consumption has significantly amplified the demand for fodder.A comprehensive understanding of the diversity and characteristics of existing fodder resources is essential for balanced...
In Senegal, natural pasture plays a major role in feeding livestock. During the rainy season, herbaceous plants account for a large proportion of the fodder consumed by ruminants. In Casamance, the composition and qua...
supported by the Department of Animal Nutrition,University of Agriculture Peshawar,Khyber Pakhtunkhwa,Pakistan;financially supported by Higher Education Commission(HEC)of Pakistan through(HEC Indigenous Scholarship)grant;The experiment was approved by the ethical committee(Grant No.FAH&VS 19-23)of the Faculty of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Science,The University of Agriculture Peshawar,Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Pakistan.
This research investigated the effect of various mixtures of maize silage and ryegrass fodder on nutrient digestibility,production performance,and methane(CH4)emission of fattening calves.Twenty-four fattening calves(...
Ladakh’s cropped and non-cropped areas suffer greatly from weedy invasion under subsistence agricultural system where weeding is not a priority but total crop + weed biomass together contribute to livestock feeding s...
Supported by Guangxi Key Research and Development Plan(GK AB21196052);Guangxi Science and Technology Planning Project(GK AD20297117);Guangxi Science and Technology Major Project(GK AA17204064-4);Special Project of Basic Scientific Research Business of Guangxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences(GNK 2021YT015;GNK 2020YM90)。
To screen new maize(Zea mays L.)varieties suitable for food and fodder dual-purpose in Du'an Yao Autonomous County of Guangxi,the agronomic characters,yield and quality indexes of 12 new maize varieties were measured,...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (32001402 and 32171686)。
The study aimed to evaluate the application of silage fermentation in storing vine tea residue.Dynamic of fermentationrelated product,chemical component and bacterial community of silage with or without Lactobacillus ...
Plants have always been exploited worldwide for food, medicines, shelter, and other purposes because they are readily available, affordable and acceptable to a large populace of the world. The study was conducted to g...
Medicago sativa (lucerne) is a widely used perennial fodder crop and ranked amongst the highly nutritive fodders globally. This study assessed the nutritive value (i.e. CP % and TDN %) of four lucerne cultivars under ...
Recently, interest in animal production and poultry production in particular has increased, because poultry meat and eggs and their products are more widely consumed than other products. Human health is also considere...
The sources of funding included Evans Allen project TENX-07 to Tennessee State University from the National Institute of Food and Agriculture(NIFA)of United States Department of Agriculture(USDA)for M.S and Ph.D.student assistantship for XW,as well as research funds for MWB;China Scholarship Council(CSC)scholarship for funding of XW student establishment;a grant from Evolutionary Genomics(currently Thirsty Crops Inc.)sponsored by Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation for legume genome wide association studies.
The species Vigna unguiculata L.(Walp),commonly known as cowpea,is a multi-purpose legume that has been selected into three subspecies that are divided into grain,fodder and pod(yardlong bean)types.However,genetic bas...