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dc.contributor.authorKaturomunda, Sylvester
dc.contributor.authorSabiiti, E.N.
dc.contributor.authorBekunda, A. Mateete
dc.date.accessioned2017-07-03T00:04:56Z
dc.date.available2017-07-03T00:04:56Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.identifier.citationKaturomunda, S., Sabiiti, E.N., Bekunda, A.M. (2012). Effect of legume foliage supplementary feeding to dairy cattle offered Pennisetum purpureum basal diet on feed intake and manure quality. Uganda Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 13(1): 25-34en_US
dc.identifier.issn1026-0919
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10570/5606
dc.description.abstractIn smallholder zero grazing dairy systems of Uganda, elephant grass (Pennisetum purpureum) is the main basal diet offered, and is supplemented with legume forages among others. Recent observations indicate reduction in fodder yields of P. purpureum although farmers are applying cattle manure to improve soil fertility and hence increase fodder production. This study evaluated the effect of legume supplementary feeding to dairy cattle offered P. purpureum basal diet on feed intake, and the output and manuring qualityof the resultant faeces. Four diets consisting of P. purpureum fodder fed ad libitum as a control, P. purpureum + Calliandra, P. purpureum + Centrosema and P. purpureum + Desmodium were offered to cows in a 4 x 4 switchover Latin square design. Legume supplementation increased (P<0.05) the total organic and dry matter, metabolisable energy (ME) and nutrient intake, and the apparent dry matter digestibilities (ADMD) as compared with the control. Faecal excretion was increased (P<0.05) by Calliandra and Centrosema. Cows which were supplemented with Calliandra excreted (P<0.05) larger amounts of N, P and K than cows fed either Centrosema or Desmodium. Supplementation with Calliandra proved to be better option since it enhanced feed intake and the output and quality of faeces that could be recycled within the crop-livestock production systems.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipRockefeller Foundation; Sida/SARECen_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherNational Agricultural Research Organisationen_US
dc.subjectCalliandraen_US
dc.subjectCentrosemaen_US
dc.subjectDairy cowsen_US
dc.subjectPennisetum purpureumen_US
dc.subjectFeed intakeen_US
dc.subjectFaecesen_US
dc.subjectDesmodiumen_US
dc.titleEffect of legume foliage supplementary feeding to dairy cattle offered Pennisetum purpureum basal diet on feed intake and manure qualityen_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US


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