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Livestock Research for Rural Development, Volume 24, Number 12, December 2012
ISSN 0121-3784

Contents

Papers:

  1. Biochar increases biogas production in a batch digester charged with cattle manure; Sangkhom Inthapanya, T R Preston and R A Leng

  2. Purposes of keeping goats, breed preferences and selection criteria in pastoral and agro-pastoral districts of South Omo Zone; Tekleyohannes Berhanu, Jamroen Thiengtham, Sayan Tudsri, Girma Abebe, Asrat Tera and Somkiert Prasanpanic

  3. Effect of pruning on vegetative and flowering patterns of Becium grandiflorum; Gebremedhn Haftom and Belay Tesfay

  4. Milk production parameters and growth traits of the Guéra goat in Kayes, Mali; Diakaridia Traoré, Hamidou Nantoumé and Cheick H T Diarra

  5. Impacts of technology adoption on the quality of milk from smallholder farms in Wolayta, Southern Ethiopia; R Nebiyu, F Beyene, Y T Giorgis, B Kassa and F Kass

  6. Effect of probiotic containing Lactobacillus salivarius on the laying performance and egg quality of Japanese quails; U Kalsum, H Soetanto, Achmanu and O Sjofjan

  7. Technical efficiency of family poultry husbandry in Artibonite and South Departments of Haiti; V P Nchinda and O Thieme

  8. Effect of integrated fish-duck farming on growth performance and economic efficiency of Indian major carps; J Yaswanth Kumar, M S Chari and H K Vardia

  9. Effect of supplementation of vitamin E, copper and zinc around peripartum on udder health, milk yield and composition of Sahiwal cows; G Mutoni, Shiv Prasad, Kalyan De, Shashi Pal, J Mukherjee, S Kapila, R Kapila, Harjit Kaur, A K Mohanty and A K Dang

  10. Leaf extract from Tithonia diversifolia cures Scabies in rabbits; Vu Thi Thu Hang, Chu Duc Tuy, Nguyen Ngoc Anh and T R Preston

  11. Taro (Alocasia odora (C) Koch, Xanthosoma nigra (vell) Stellfeld and Colocasia esculenta (L) schott) in Central Vietnam: biomass yield, digestibility and nutritive value; Du Thanh Hang and Nguyen Trung Kien

  12. Broodstock size combination in artificial spawning of cultured Clarias gariepinus; G A Ataguba, S G Solomon and M C Onwuka

  13. The effect of chemical treatment with NaOH and urea on chemical composition, in vitro gas production and in situ dry matter degradability of sesame residues; M Malekkhahi, M Danesh Mesgaran and A M Tahmasbi

  14. Use of clay in ruminants: Effects on the rumen metabolism; N Kaboul and D Ouachem (In French)

  15. Effects on the performance of growing goats by supplementing ensiled water hyacinth leaves with Melia azedarach foliage; Bui Phan Thu Hang, Vo Lam and T R Preston

  16. Effect on growth of goats and enteric methane emissions of supplementing foliage of Melia azedarach with foliage of Mimosa pigra; Bui Phan Thu Hang, Vo Lam and T R Preston

  17. Effects of male-female exposure period on some reproductive parameters of grasscutter (Thryonomys swinderianus) and the pre-weaning growth performance of their young ones; B A Hagan, A Asafu-Adjaye, K A Darfour-Oduro and K Boa-Amponsem


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