pennisetum/hemorrhage

1. A 6-week trial was conducted to evaluate the effects of pearl millet (PM) as a replacement for maize, in combination with flaxseed (FS), on productivity, egg trait parameters and egg n-3 fatty acid (FA) content in White Leghorn hens. 2. Six diet treatments were used: a control (CTL, maize-soybean

A prospective cohort study on zero-grazed smallholder dairy farms was conducted to determine factors associated with onset and counts of gastrointestinal parasitism in heifer calves. The researchers recruited 187 newborn heifer calves from 150 farms in Kenya. Over 16 months, farm visits every two

An outbreak of mortality in cattle grazing kikuyu (Pennisetum clandestinum) pastures on a farm in the western Transvaal is described. These pastures had been heavily infested with army worm (Spodoptera exempta) two weeks preceding the onset of deaths. The main symptoms were excessive salivation,