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Browsing Animal and Wildlife Sciences by Type "Postprint Article"
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(Elsevier, 2019-10)Sport supplements classified as foods (and not as medicine) must contain specified amounts and qualities of protein before a prescribed list of health-benefit claims may be made on labels or in marketing activities. The ...
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(Elsevier, 2010-08)The objectives were to predict aminoa cid (AA) profiles of intestinally delivered protein in California high group (i.e., lactating but not yet confirmed to be in calf) dairy cattle fed contemporary rations using three ...
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(Springer, 2018-11)This study analyzed the variability of the agro-climatic parameters that impact maize production across different seasons in South Africa. To achieve this, four agro-climatic variables (precipitation, potential evapotranspiration, ...
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(Elsevier, 2016-03)This study evaluated the applicability of the Day 0 superovulation protocol in Boer goats by comparing it to a traditional pFSH protocol. Twenty Boer goat does were allocated into two groups comprising of 10 animals per ...
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(Springer, 2012-03)Boran cattle provide livelihood to thousands of households in the arid and semi arid lands (ASAL) of Kenya. Due to their superior adaptive and productive traits in comparison to other breeds of cattle, they have also ...
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(Oxford University Press, 2021-07)A major obstacle in applying genomic selection (GS) to uniquely adapted local breeds in less-developed countries has been the cost of genotyping at high densities of single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP). Cost reduction ...
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(Elsevier, 2013-03)Capacity building in food and nutrition involves more than formal training and individual development. Such a process is long term and continues, requiring lasting mentorship, coaching and leadership development, including ...
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(NISC (Pty) Ltd and Informa UK Limited (trading as Taylor & Francis Group), 2021)Despite shrinking pastureland in the central highlands of Ethiopia, as a result of cropping, there has been little detailed work to evaluate effects of traditional grazing land management practices on vegetation and soil ...
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(Elsevier, 2021-05)Dietary fats may affect blood lipid levels and the development of cardiovascular diseases. Offal, may contribute to food security in marginalised communities and information on the contribution to dietary fat intake is ...
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(Springer, 2018-10)The aim of this study was to benchmark the performance of dairy cows in the low-input smallholder system against their counterparts in the high-input system, in South Africa. Data comprised of cow performance records from ...
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(Elsevier, 2012-07)This paper first presents food quality trends observed in the international context and the manifestation of these and other trends within the food industry. From a consumer perspective, improved knowledge on the composition ...
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(Emerald, 2023)PURPOSE : Edible flowers have traditionally been consumed for their nutritional and medicinal properties. Aponogeton distachyos is an aquatic flowering plant native to the Western Cape of South Africa (SA) that used to be ...
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(Elsevier, 2018-01)Consumption of processed meats is reported to be the second largest contributor to total dietary sodium intake. This study aims to describe the contribution of commonly consumed processed pork products to total salt intake. ...
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(Elsevier, 2013-10)Current methods to determine rumen escape (as stability) of rumen protected nutrients(RPNU), such as ruminal in situ evaluation, only estimate the rate at which nutrients leavethe in situ bag (rather than the rumen) and ...
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(Elsevier, 2011-06)Iron deficiency is the most common and widespread nutritional disorder in the world. Consuming foods rich in dietary iron (high in both content and availability) is an effective way to alleviate iron deficiency. Iron from ...
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(Elsevier, 2014-03)Use of canola meal (CM) and dried corn distillers grains with solubles (DDGS) as major supplemental protein sources are common practice in North American dairy rations and usage of both is projected to increase in the ...
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(Wiley, 2019-12)Please read abstract in the article.
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(Taylor and Francis, 2018)In aviculture, lovebirds are considered one of the most popular birds to keep. This African parakeet is known for its range of plumage colors and ease to tame. Plumage variation is the most important price-determining trait ...
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(Elsevier, 2016-02)Increased economic incentive for producing young and leaner carcasses, as well as demand for lean meat from progressively health conscious consumers, are considered drivers for change in carcass composition over time. ...
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(Elsevier, 2018-07)Dietary supplementation has been well documented as an effective enteric methane (CH4) mitigation strategy. However, limited studies have demonstrated the effect of concentrate level on enteric CH4 emissions from grazing ...
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