Search Results - "Adejoro, Festus Adeyemi"
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Effect of Lipid-Encapsulated Acacia Tannin Extract on Feed Intake, Nutrient Digestibility and Methane Emission in Sheep
Published in Animals (Basel) (01-11-2019)“…Tannins have become important phytochemicals in ruminant production, due to their wide range of biological activities. The use of a crude extract often comes…”
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Gas Production, Digestibility and Efficacy of Stored or Fresh Plant Extracts to Reduce Methane Production on Different Substrates
Published in Animals (Basel) (01-01-2020)“…Natural compounds such as plant secondary metabolites (PSM) can be used to replace antibiotic growth promoters as rumen modifiers. In this study, the…”
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Haematology and Serum Biochemical Indices of Lambs Supplemented with Moringa oleifera, Jatropha curcas and Aloe vera Leaf Extract as Anti-Methanogenic Additives
Published in Antibiotics (Basel) (01-09-2020)“…Medicinal plants have been found to be effective in a wide range of applications in ruminant animals. However, some plant extracts may be toxic to animals,…”
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Removal of sorghum stover from feed choices has no confounding effect on the quantity and quality of diets selected by group or individually fed sheep
Published in Journal of Applied Animal Research (31-12-2023)“…The study determined the effect of reducing dietary ingredients and group feeding on diet selection, nutrient intake and digestibility in choice-fed sheep…”
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Techniques Used to Determine Botanical Composition, Intake, and Digestibility of Forages by Ruminants
Published in Agronomy (Basel) (01-10-2022)“…The botanical and chemical composition of diets consumed by ruminants is different from the composition of plant species available in the rangeland or pastures…”
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The Effect of Monensin vs. Neem, and Moringa Extracts on Nutrient Digestibility, Growth Performance, Methane, and Blood Profile of Merino Lambs
Published in Animals (Basel) (01-11-2023)“…Plant secondary compounds are potential rumen modifiers that can improve nutrient utilization in ruminant animals. This study evaluated the effect of Moringa…”
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Datasets of shotgun metagenomics evaluation of rumen microbiota of South African mutton merino sheep
Published in Data in brief (01-12-2023)“…The rumen microbial consortium plays a crucial role in the production performance and health of the ruminant animal. They are responsible for breaking down…”
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Nutritional quality of wet distillers’ grains co–ensiled with whole–plant maize and its feeding value for lambs
Published in Scientia agricola (01-01-2022)“…The high moisture content of wet distillers’ grains with solubles (WDGS) has limited its feeding value despite the relatively high nutritive value. The…”
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Influence of supplementing Guinea grass with differently processed African yam bean on gas production and in vitro digestibility
Published in Revista brasileira de zootecnia (01-01-2020)“…ABSTRACT This study evaluated the potential utilisation of African yam bean (AYB) seed as a supplement to Guinea grass on in vitro gas and methane (CH4)…”
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Replacing urea with nitrate as a non-protein nitrogen source increases lambs' growth and reduces methane production, whereas acacia tannin has no effect
Published in Animal feed science and technology (01-01-2020)“…•Calcium nitrate effectively substituted urea in the diets of growing Merino lambs.•Lambs fed with nitrate had superior average daily gain and reduced methane…”
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The Use of Condensed Tannins and Nitrate to Reduce Enteric Methane Emission and Enhance Utilization of High-Forage Diets in Sheep
Published 01-01-2019“…Methane emission in ruminant production is not only a global greenhouse gas, but also a loss of feed energy. Therefore, there is huge interest in identifying…”
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