Maize silage is one of the most important feeds for ruminant nutrition and various production methods can have a significant impact on their quality, especially utilization nutrients. The objective study was to evaluate effect conventional shredlage processing harvested maize kernel processing, fermentation profile, physically effective fibre digestibility silage. A stay-green hybrid with forag...

Five varieties of cowpea (Vigna unguiculata) were analysed for their proximate composition, major mineral elements and carbohydrate fractions. Values crude protein ranged from 25.80% to 28.95% while the ether extract, fibre, total ash had following values: 1.83 - 2.37%, 3.06 4.48%, 5.80 7.10% 50.46 55.76% respectively. The average values phosphorus, calcium, magnesium, potassium sodium 0.400%, ...

Oat (Avena sativa L.) traditionally has been a major crop for feed and forage in Turkey. Theobjective of this research was to study hay yield and quality of oat genotypes harvested at thelate milk stage. One hundred oat varieties of worldwide origin were compared in fieldexperiments in Samsun (northern Turkey) over two growing seasons (2007-2008 and 2008-2009).Significant differences between th...

Wheat flour replacement from 22.5% up to 45% by incorporation of ternary blends of teff (T), green pea (GP) and buckwheat (BW) flours provided technologically viable and acceptable sensory rated multigrain breads with superior nutritional value compared to the 100% wheat flour (WT) counterparts. Blended breads exhibited superior nutritional composition, larger amounts of bioaccessible polypheno...

The biochemical changes occurring during growth and storage of two yam cultivars (Dioscorea rotundata cv. Oshei and Dioscorea dumetorum cv. Jakri) were studied. Tubers were harvested at monthly intervals from the fourth to the tenth month after 50% emergence of the planted yam sets. For storage studies, Oshei and Jakri tubers were harvested 9.5 and 9 months post-emergence, respectively. These w...

1. Three series of nitrogen balance experiments were performed with growing rats to test the effect of type and level of protein, fibre and starch on N excretion patterns. The design involved eighteen treatments in a 3 X 3 X 2 factorial experiment with five rats per dietary treatment. The eighteen treatments resulted from a combination of three protein treatments, three fibre treatments and two...

INTRODUCTION This study was undertaken with the objectives of formulating composite bread by utilising finger millet flour and foxtail millet flour and further to evaluate these breads for sensory, nutritional qualities, and glycemic response. METHODS Two genotypes of finger millet VL-146 and PRM-601 and one local cultivar of foxtail millet were studied. The finger millet flour (FMF) and foxt...

A total of 360 1-d-old broiler chickens were fed on a diet based on rye and wheat in equal proportions without or with supplementation of increasing levels (0.11, 0.22, 0.44 and 0.88 g/kg) of a technical enzyme preparation containing pentosanase and beta-glucanase activities. In vitro investigations revealed that the enzyme preparation solubilized pentosans, increasing the relative viscosity of...

Differences in the nutritive value of four grades of stackburned yenow maize, obtained from a single storage unit in Mozambique, were examined. Samples were analysed for chemical composition, and subjected to the fonowing in vitro assays for estimating digestibility: total dietary fibre and pancreatin for non-ruminants, and gas production using sheep rumen fluid for ruminant livestock. Samples ...