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J.M. Ojango N. Mpofu 1 4 K. Marshall and L. Andersson-Eklund International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), PO Box 30709, Nairobi 00100, Kenya Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), Dept. of Animal Breeding and Genetics, PO Box 7023, SE-75007 Uppsala, Sweden (sections 1.4 and 6) Egerton University, Department of Animal Sciences, PO Box 536, Njoro, Kenya Lupane State University, ...

Intensive livestock operations pose a level of environmental risk that can raise concerns and antagonism within the community. Some of these concerns are justified while others are more perceptual in nature. Municipalities are often lobbied by ratepayers to take action and to manage the risks associated with a changing and sometimes growing livestock industry. People see an evolving livestock i...

1 Department of Livestock and Pasture Science, Faculty of Science and Agriculture, University of Fort Hare, P. Bag 1314, Alice, 5700, South Africa. 2 Agricultural and Rural Development Research Institute (ARDRI), University of Fort Hare, P. Bag X1314, Alice 5700, South Africa. 3 Department of Microbial Biochemical and Food Biotechnology, University of Free the State, P. O. Box 339, Bloemfontein...

Laboratory of Livestock Physiology, Immunology and Genetics, Department of Biosystems, Kasteelpark Arenberg 30, B-3001 Leuven, Belgium; Centre for Environmental Sciences, Hasselt University, 3590 Diepenbeek, Belgium; Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University; Department of Animal Production, School of Agriculture University o...

The importance of essential trace minerals on livestock productivity has been realized for several decades. In improved agricultural systems, the supplementation of essential trace minerals has lead to increased livestock production as measured by body weight gain and reproductive performance. Recently, the importance of trace mineral nutrition on immune competence in livestock has gained atten...

Division of Medicinal and Natural Products Chemistry and Center for Biocatalysis and Bioprocessing, College of Pharmacy, and Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242, Department of Animal Science, Kildee Hall, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011, and Fort Keogh Livestock and Range Research Laboratory, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department o...

Effective nutritional management during gestation has long been recognized as an important component of sound livestock production practices (Bull and Carroll, 1937; Barcroft, 1946; Morrison, 1949; Maynard and Loosli, 1956; Crampton and Lloyd, 1959; NRC, 1970). Recent observation in the area of developmental programming (Barker et al., 1992; Barker et al., 1993; Godfrey and Barker, 2000; Barker...

BACKGROUND Xishuangbanna of Yunnan Province, southwest of China belongs to a global biodiversity and cultural hotspot. Agrobiodiversity plays an essential role in local livelihoods and traditional culture in the region. However, preliminary studies suggest that diversity of crop plants and livestock species is declining. We hypothesized that agrobiodiversity and traditional means of preserving ...