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The effect of feeding maize husk and leucaena mixed or separately on the voluntary intake of the husk |
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| Authors: | D M Phiri B Coulman H A Steppler C S Kamara F Kwesiga |
| Institution: | (1) Department of Agriculture, Box 510046, Chipata, Zambia;(2) Agriculture Canada, Research Station, 107 Science Cres., S7N 0X2 Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada;(3) Department of Plant Science, Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Macdonald College of McGill University, 21 111 Lakeshore Rd, H9X 3V9 Ste Anne de Bellevue, PQ, Canada;(4) Chalimbana Station, SADCC/ICRAF Agroforestry Project, PB CH 8, Lusaka, Zambia;(5) Zambia/ICRAF/AFRENA Agroforestry Project, Box 510046, Chipata, Zambia |
| Abstract: | The effect of feeding maize (Zea mays L.) husk and leucaena (Leucaena leucocephala) as a mixture or separately on the voluntary intake of maize husk was studied over a 40-day period. Ten male goats with an average weight of 15 kg were used. The maize husk intake and total dry matter intake for the two feeding methods was about the same. Thus, total dry matter intake was not affected (P<0.05) by the feeding method. There was also no significant difference (P<0.05) between the two feeding methods in the digestibility values. The data were considered to indicate that there were no significant differences in the intake of maize husk when fed in a mixture with leucaena or when offered separately but at the same time. |
| Keywords: | intake maize husk leucaena goats |
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