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Elephant grass supplementation in the feed of fattening pigs affects growth performance, carcass characteristics, blood profiles and intestinal microorganisms

Frontiers in Animal Science, 2022
To investigate the effects of the dietary inclusion of elephant grass on the growth performance, blood profiles, carcass characteristics, ileum and stomach microbiota of fattening pigs, pigs were fed one of seven diets including a basal diet (Control ...
Lijuan Gao, Qi Yan, Jie Li, Tiande Pang, Liyan Lu, Xianfeng Yi, Chris S. Jones, Jiyu Zhang   +7 more
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Livestock grazing and geodiversity modulate wild herbivore distributions in an African community conservation area

Wildlife Biology, EarlyView.
The rapid decline of African wildlife populations demands immediate action to mitigate further losses and restore ecosystems. A key factor influencing wildlife distribution is the relationship between the energetic needs of species and the availability of forage, both in terms of quality and quantity.
Laura Ryge Koch, Jens‐Christian Svenning, Mads Gammelgaard, Robert Buitenwerf   +3 more
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Canonical correlations in elephant grass for energy purposes

African Journal of Biotechnology, 2014
Elephant grass has the potential to be used as a source for energy production. Besides dry matter yield, other characteristics related to biomass quality are important. The canonic correlation analysis is a multivariate statistical procedure that allows for discovering characteristic associations among groups.
Aparecida Rossi Drieli, Rafaela da Silva Menezes Bruna, de Amaral Gravina Geraldo, Samara Nunes de Lima Roberta, Domingos Gottardo Romildo, Campostrini Eliemar   +5 more
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Ethanol Production from Hydrothermally-Treated Biomass from West Africa

BioResources, 2015
Despite the abundance of diverse biomass resources in Africa, they have received little research and development focus. This study presents compositional analysis, sugar, and ethanol yields of hydrothermal pretreated (195 °C, 10 min) biomass from West ...
Edem Cudjoe Bensah, Zsófia Kádár, Moses Y. Mensah   +2 more
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Faunivores are active longer than herbivores across the daily cycle in a Neotropical savanna–forest mammal community

Wildlife Biology, EarlyView.
Daily activity budgets reflect how animals balance internal physiological demands with external environmental pressures. We analyzed 14 037 camera‐trap records from 12 mammal species in the Venezuelan Llanos to evaluate the effects of foraging strategy (faunivore versus herbivore), season, and body mass on daily activity duration, to describe diel ...
Ilad Vivas, Włodzimierz Jędrzejewski, María Abarca Medina, Luis G. Morales, Pablo Lau, Astolfo Mata, Ángel L. Viloria, Margarita Lampo, Rafael Hoogesteijn, Maria del Mar Weisz, Krzysztof Schmidt   +10 more
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Pyrolysis kinetics of elephant grass pretreated biomasses

Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry, 2014
The Elephant Grass (Pennisetum purpureum Schum) was pretreated by two independent processes, through washing with hot water (W-EG) and acid solution (AW-EG) to improve its energy properties to apply it in a thermochemical process conversion into fuel. The biomasses were analyzed by proximate and ultimate analysis; and the pyrolysis kinetics, before and
Renata Martins Braga, Tiago R. Costa, Júlio Cézar de Oliveira Freitas, Joana M. F. Barros, D.M.A. Melo, M. A. F. Melo   +5 more
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Wildlife management in the United States – thoughts on evolving to better address species overabundance and disease transmission

Wildlife Society Bulletin, EarlyView.
Management options and actions are important for responsibly working to keep populations of sometimes overabundant species of invasive and native wildlife at levels that keep damage (e.g., agricultural, environmental, human health and safety) and disease (e.g., species specific, shared with livestock, zoonotic) associated with them at acceptable levels.
Kurt C. VerCauteren
wiley   +1 more source

Crude Protein and Crude of Fiber Benggala [Panicum Maximum] and Elephant [Pennisetum Purpureum] Grasses on Drought Stress Condition

Animal Production: Indonesian Journal of Animal Production, 2009
Knowledge of crop response to water is essential for proper irrigation management. Research was conducted at Forage Crop Laboratory of Animal Nutrition Department, Faculty Of Animal Husbandry, Diponegoro University during 9 month trying two type ...
ED Purbajanti, S Anwar, S Widyati, F Kusmiyati   +3 more
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Historical Development of Zoo Tapir (Tapirus ssp.) Survivorship

Zoo Biology, EarlyView.
The survivorship of tapirs in zoos has improved significantly over historical time. ABSTRACT Tapirs (Tapirus spp.) are large, long‐lived herbivores native to Central and South America and Southeast Asia. All species are currently classified as Vulnerable (T. terrestris) or Endangered (other species) in the IUCN SSC Red List.
Johanna E. Wittenberg, Laurie Bingaman Lackey, Jörg Beckmann, Marco Roller, Dennis W. H. Müller, Jan Pluháček, Marcus Clauss, João Pedro Meireles   +7 more
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Effect of Elephant Grass Genotypes to Bioenergy Production [PDF]

Journal of Experimental Agriculture International, 2019
The study aimed to evaluate the agronomic characteristics of elephant grass (Pennisetum purpureum Schum.) genotypes on energy production in the combustion form. A randomized block design with 3 repetitions was used. The treatments were arranged in subdivided plots scheme, considering as a plot the genotypes and as subplots, the harvest season.
Favare, Henrique Guimarães De, Abreu, Joadil Gonçalves De, Barros, Livia Vieira De, Silva, Felipe Gomes Da, Ferreira, Luis Miguel Mendes, Barelli, Marco Antônio Aparecido, Neto, Inácio Martins da Silva, Cabral, Carlos Eduardo Avelino, Peixoto, Wender Mateus, Campos, Francisco Ildefonso da Silva, Ledo, Francisco José da Silva, Silva, Vanessa Quitete Ribeiro Da, Herrera, Larah Drielly Santos   +12 more
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