| performance of cattle stall-fed for beef in malawi. | information on the initial and final weights, length of feeding period, grade of the live animal before slaughter, carcass weight and dressing percentage of 2,498 stall fed malawi zebu (mz) and crossbred steers from southern region and 2,085 steers from the central region of malawi is analysed. agricultural and household residues were the basis of the feeding system. the genetic composition of individual animals was not known; weight groups were therefore used as proxies for breed types. final w ... | 1988 | 3194976 |
| intensive fattening of beef cattle on rhodes grass pastures on the lilongwe plain, malawi. | beef fattening experiments were conducted in two wet seasons with malawi zebu (mz) and friesian x malawi zebu (f x mz) steers grazing nitrogen-fertilised rhodes grass pastures. the effects of stocking rate (5,7-5 or 10 steers/ha) and level of supplement (maize: madeya (maize bran) fed to steers at either 0-6 or 1-5 per cent of liveweight) were investigated over a 100 day period. neither stocking rate nor supplement had an effect on daily liveweight gain but gain per hectare increased significant ... | 1977 | 906096 |
| intensive fattening of beef cattle by stall feeding on the lilongwe plain, malawi. iii. comparative productivity of malawi zebu and friesian x malawi zebu steers. | beef fattening experiments were undertaken on the lilonge plain with malawi zebu (mz) and friesian x malawi zebu (f x mz) steers. animals were fattened under various dietary regimes based on either green forage crops or crop residues supplemented with concentrate rations of local origin. mz steers consumed less feed and liveweight gain was approximately 75 per cent that of the f x mz. measurement of the efficiency parameters of feed conversion, gain and carcass yield per unit of liveweight revea ... | 1977 | 595138 |
| intensive fattening of beef cattle by stall feeding on the lilongwe plain, malawi. i. type of forage and level and type of supplementation. | experiments were undertaken with malawi zebu steers over three wet seasons to investigate the effects of feeding improved forages (zero grazed) and supplements on animal performance. the forages fed were guinea grass and pearl millet and the supplements maize: madeya (maize bran) or maize: madeya: cottonweed cake. the daily allowance of supplement was, on a dm basis, liveweight equivalent to 0-6, 1-1 or 1-5 per cent of cattle (1973, 1974). in 1975 the supplementation treatments were nil, maize: ... | 1977 | 578596 |