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Theses and Dissertations (Animal and Wildlife Sciences): Recent submissions
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(University of Pretoria, 2012-08-01)This study was part of a larger study to develop an animal production model to obtain the optimum beef tenderness. There is a variety of different beef production systems being used in South Africa. The production systems ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2007-08-01)Although the Afrikaner and Black-headed Persian were used in several previous studies for upgrading with Karakul rams, this study looked at how fast progress could be made to produce good quality marketable pelts as well ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2008-01-31)Please read the abstract in the section, 00front of this document</P<
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(University of Pretoria, 2008-07-16)The objective of this study was to develop water quality guidelines for poultry reared under South African conditions and production systems. This was achieved by a modeling approach that was based on a survey of water ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2007-07-13)Biological and economic efficiencies of major genes for feather reduction (naked neck and frizzle) and body size reduction (dwarf) in a dual purpose layer strain were evaluated in the subtropical coastal region of South-East ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2012-07-16)The aim of this study was to evaluate and compare the influence of conventional and Kosher slaughter techniques in cattle on carcass and meat quality parameters. The conventional slaughter was done using a pneumatic captive ...
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Habitat selection and population dynamics of selected herbivores on Sondela Nature Reserve, Limpopo (University of Pretoria, 2003)Please read the abstract in the section 00front of this document. Copyright 2003, University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2012)High feed costs are part of any broiler rearing enterprise and continuous effort is required to help overcome this problem. The use of a feed expander may be beneficial in improving bird performance and thus increasing the ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2009-07-15)This study investigated the effects of the Triffid weed Chromolaena odorata on small and large mammals in Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Park. C. odorata is a widespread invasive alien plant that poses threat to the highly maintained ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2008-07-15)The study evaluated the effects of genotype and grainless diets under stall-fed (n=72) conditions on the following parameters using the Afar, Central Highland goats, (CHG) and Long-eared Somali, (LES) goats. The diets ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2006-07-11)The objective of this study was the evaluation of grass silage made from P. maximum cv. Gatton (P. maximum) and Digitaria eriantha spp. eriantha (Smutsfinger) grass. The study was conducted in two phases. In phase one the ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2006-07-11)In the first part of the study an experimental design was followed whereby 600 DeKalb Amber-link® commercial laying pullets were subjected to three levels of EM bokashi (0.5%, 1.0% and 1.5%) and a standard level of a ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2006-07-11)Please read the abstracts of chapters 1-3 on pages 1-4 of this document.
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(University of Pretoria, 2006-07-12)Please read the abstract in the section 00front of this document
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(University of Pretoria, 2011-01-05)The conservation benefits of animals in captivity are limited to education and genetic preservation. However, where species or sub-species are critically endangered, the release of captive bred animals into the wild can ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2007-07-03)This study was conducted on Tswalu Kalahari Reserve in the eastern Kalahari region of South Africa. The long-term sustainability of the valued African or Cape buffalo Syncerus caffer caffer was investigated in an area that ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2007-07-03)A predator-prey study was undertaken to determine the impact of lion Panthera leo predation on the declining populations of large ungulates in the Associated Private Nature Reserves, an open system with the Kruger National ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2007-07-03)The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of different carbohydrate sources, with rapid and medium fermentabilities, on the digestibility and rumen fermentability of Atriplex nummularia cv. De Kock fed to sheep. ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2009-04-09)The aim of the study was to determine the digestibility of Atriplex nummularia cv. De Kock, supplemented with three levels (15%, 30%, and 45%) of either maize or barley, using different in vitro techniques. An in vivo ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2008)Interactions between non-starch polysaccharide (NSP) level, dietary lipid type, exogenous carbohydrase enzymes and irradiation were investigated. Ten treatment diets were fed to broilers in a performance and digestibility ...
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