What Role for the Rice Straw in the Dry Season Diet of Zebus in Sahel Irrigated Area? Case of the Senegal River Delta

What Role for the Rice Straw in the Dry Season Diet of Zebus in Sahel Irrigated Area? Case of the Senegal River Delta

During the dry season, transhumant zebu cattle herds used to graze on the Senegal River delta wet areas. Since the 1960s, agricultural colonization and rice cultivation caused major changes in cattle management and feeding. The feeding behavior of three herds was observed from May to July 2000 and f...

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Main Authors: G. Molénat, C. Corniaux, D. Bastianelli, S. Gueguen, C. Lacz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: CIRAD 2005-01-01
Series:Revue d’Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux
Subjects:
Résultats préliminaires sur l’immobilisation chimique de rongeurs africains : l’athérure (Atherurus africanus, Gray 1842) et le cricétome (Cricetomys emini, Waterhouse 1840). Etude portant sur quatre protocoles
Online Access:http://revues.cirad.fr/index.php/REMVT/article/view/9940

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