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Livestock Research for Rural Development, Volume 18, Number 3, March 2006
ISSN 0121-3784

Contents

Papers:

  1. Studies to assess the suitable conservation method for tapioca leaves for effective utilization by ruminants; R Murugeswari, V Balakrishnan and R Vijayakumar

  2. Water-extractable dry matter and neutral detergent fibre as indicators of whole tract digestibility in goats fed diets of different nutritive value; Pheng Buntha and Chhay Ty

  3. Effect on feed intake and growth of depriving rabbits access to caecotrophes; Chiv Phiny and Lampheuy Kaensombath

  4. Effect of a supplement of fresh water spinach (Ipomoea aquatica) on feed intake and digestibility in goats fed a basal diet of cassava foliage; Pathoummalangsy Khamparn and T R Preston

  5. A preliminary study on duck management under a peri-urban system; S Duru, G N Akpa, L Sai'du, T S Olugbemi and G E Jokthan

  6. Frequency and influence of some major genes on body weight and body size parameters of Nigerian local chickens; T R Fayeye, K L Ayorinde, V Ojo and O M Adesina

  7. Effect on intake and digestibility by goats given jackfruit (Artocarpus heterophyllus) leaves alone, the whole branch or free access to both; Ammaly Phengvilaysouk and Lampheuy Kaensombath

  8. Estimates of genetic parameters of milk yield in test day analysis in buffaloes of the Colombian Atlantic Coast; N Hurtado-Lugo, M Cerón-Muñoz y A Gutiérrez-Valencia (in Spanish)

  9. Determinants of adoption of poultry technology: a double-hurdle approach; H Teklewold, L Dadi, A Yami and N Dana

  10. Trade offs between economic returns and methane greenhouse gas emissions in dairy production systems in Cajamarca, Peru; W Pradel, D Yanggen and N Polastri

  11. Soil bio-test to evaluate comparative fertility of soils and effects of adding earthworm compost; Tran Thi Bich Ngoc and T R Preston

  12. Possible nutritional and metabolic factors limiting the use of dietary nitrogen in the synthesis of milk proteins in  dairy herds onpastures mainly of  Kikuyu grass (Pennisetum clandestinum); H J Correa (in Spanish)

  13. Semen quality of Nigerian local cocks treated with human menopausal gonadotropin (Pergonal®); A H Abu, M Ameh and F C Iheukwuemere

  14. Characterization of the Fulani-ecotype chicken for thermoregulatory feather gene; T R Fayeye and A B Oketoyin

  15. Disparate HI titre dynamics following Newcastle disease vaccination to six local chicken ecotypes of Tanzania; P L M Msoffe, U M Minga, M M A Mtambo and P S Gwakisa


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