Track 2-04: Animal-Plant Interactions
Description
Inadequate supply of forage particularly during dry season is the major constraint in livestock production in sub-Saharan Africa (Anele et al. 2011). Poor management of the available feeds, seasonal variability in weather and climate changes may contribute to the high fluctuation of forage quality and quantity between season and years (Sultan et al. 2008). To improve livestock production in sub-Sahara Africa there is a need to improve feed deficiencies both in quantity and quality. Stylosanthes scabra cv. Seca was evaluated for dry season feed supplementation, and was found to be adaptive and productive under subtropical climate of Gauteng Province, and can be used as alternative forage crop for animals. The objective of this study was to determine the preference, palatability and the intake of Stylosanthes scabra forages offered to Saanen goats.
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Relative Preference, Palatability and Intake of Stylosanthes scabra Accessions Adapted in Pretoria
Inadequate supply of forage particularly during dry season is the major constraint in livestock production in sub-Saharan Africa (Anele et al. 2011). Poor management of the available feeds, seasonal variability in weather and climate changes may contribute to the high fluctuation of forage quality and quantity between season and years (Sultan et al. 2008). To improve livestock production in sub-Sahara Africa there is a need to improve feed deficiencies both in quantity and quality. Stylosanthes scabra cv. Seca was evaluated for dry season feed supplementation, and was found to be adaptive and productive under subtropical climate of Gauteng Province, and can be used as alternative forage crop for animals. The objective of this study was to determine the preference, palatability and the intake of Stylosanthes scabra forages offered to Saanen goats.
