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The effect of feeding maize husk and leucaena as mixture 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) Department of Plant Science, Faculty of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, Macdonald College of McGill University, 21-111 Lakeshore Rd, H9X 1CO Ste Anne de Bellevue, PQ, Canada;(3) Chalimbana Station, SADCC/ICRAF Agroforestry Project, PB CH 8, Lusaka, Zambia;(4) Zambia/ICRAF/AFRENA Agroforestry Project, Box 510046, Chipata, Zambia |
| Abstract: | The effect of feeding maize husk and leucaena as a mixture on 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 treatments were: (a) maize husk fed in a mixture with leucaena and (b) maize husk plus leucaena offered in separate troughs but at the same time. The maize husk intake and total dry matter intake for the two feeding methods were about the same. Thus total dry matter intake was not affected (P<0.05) by the method of feeding. There was also no significant difference (P<0.05) between the two methods of feeding 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 withLeucaena leucocephala or when offered separately but at the same time. |
| Keywords: | intake husk leucaena goats |
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