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(University of Pretoria, 2007)Meat tenderness is regarded as the single most important characteristic of meat quality. Fifty Bonsmara feedlot steers were fed a commercial feedlot ration (10,5 MJ MElKg DM, 12% CP), supplemented with 0,15mg Zilmaxlkg ...
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(Education Association of South Africa, 2023-08)The National School Nutrition Programme (NSNP) in South Africa provides thousands of needy children with school meals on school days. One, and in some cases 2, of these meals per week are soya based. A review of the NSNP ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2009-06-02)This work was carried out with the objective of improving dairy farms in Cameroon using an integrated method. Research done in the area on milk production in the country was reviewed. A participatory rural appraisal was ...
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(CSIRO Publishing, 2014-07)This study characterised 16 tropical perennial grass species in terms of in vitro methane output and related their digestibility and rumen fermentation with methane output. The grass samples were collected, dried in a ...
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(CSIRO, 2016-02)An in vitro gas production study was conducted to evaluate the potential of six browse species (high, medium and low condensed tannin concentrations) collected from the Kalahari Desert as antimethanogenic additives to an ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2019)The search for alternative feed additives for ruminants became essential due to restrictions on the use of antibiotics and synthetic growth promoters in the livestock industry, as well as extensive pressure on the farmers ...
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(Pakistan Agricultural Scientist's Forum, 2018)Urea treatment of protein deficient feeds serve as a source of ammonia nitrogen supply for rumen fermentation. This study was undertaken with the objective of determining the effect of treating Eragrostis curvula hay with ...
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(Escola Superior de Agricultura, 2015-11)The nutritional value of browse foliage from the Thorny Kalahari Dune Bush veld of South Africa is not characterized. Most of this browse species is rich in tannin, but still palatable, and is consumed by ruminants during ...
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(Oxford University Press, 2023-10)• Angora and meat producing goats play an important role in food security and sustainable livelihoods of livestock producers in South Africa. To maintain their role, it is important to select animals that can thrive in ...
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(Springer, 2022-09)Indigenous food systems ensure ecological and socio-economic sustainability but remain marginalized in science and policy. We argue that better documentation, deeper understanding, and political recognition of indigenous ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2012-11-09)Milk fever (parturient paresis / hypocalcaemia) is a metabolic disorder that usually occurs near parturition and at the onset of lactation in high producing multiparous dairy cows. Milk fever can indirectly contribute to ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2023)Developing healthier and more practically applicable intervention strategies for methane (CH4) inhibition emitted from ruminants has been a priority issue globally. Among the strategies, the use of natural medicinal plants ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2007-03-26)The primary objective of this research was to study the effects of agro-ecological regions (as represented by the veld types in four different areas), sex, season of birth, the interaction between sex and season of birth ...
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(South African Society for Animal Science, 2017-06-28)A better understanding of the influences of the bioregion (production environment) and environmental factors on the productivity of beef cows is vital in the pursuit of improving beef production. The influence of bioregion ...
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(Elsevier, 2018-03)The effects of beef carcass weight on muscle pH/temperature profile and selected meat quality attributes were evaluated. Twenty-six carcasses from light (≤ 260 kg, n = 15) and heavy (≥ 290 kg, n = 11) feedlot steers were ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2016)Feed restriction and handling of animals destined to be slaughtered have are two factors that affect meat quality negatively. Where handling of slaughter animals is inevitable, fasting is applied to meat producing animals ...
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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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The Influence of dietary energy levels on subcutaneous fatty acid profiles and meat quality in sheep (University of Pretoria, 1992)This study investigated the effect of nutritional energy levels on meat quality characteristics, through effects on the fatty acid profiles of the subcutaneous fat in sheep. Two rations containing 11. 76MJ ME/kg DM and ...
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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, 2006-07-11)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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