Benefit of feeding Urochloa hybrid cultivar ‘Cobra’ on milk production in Tanzania

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and developing country instituteen
cg.contributor.affiliationMinistry of Livestock and Fisheries, Tanzaniaen
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Center for Tropical Agricultureen
cg.contributor.crpLivestock
cg.contributor.donorCGIAR Trust Funden
cg.contributor.initiativeLivestock and Climate
cg.contributor.initiativeSustainable Animal Productivity
cg.coverage.countryTanzania
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2TZ
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionEastern Africa
cg.coverage.regionSub-Saharan Africa
cg.creator.identifierSolomon Mwendia: 0000-0002-3203-8770en
cg.creator.identifierAn Maria Omer Notenbaert: 0000-0002-6266-2240en
cg.howPublishedFormally Publisheden
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.17138/tgft(10)195-203en
cg.isijournalISI Journalen
cg.issn2346-3775en
cg.issue3en
cg.journalTropical Grasslands-Forrajes Tropicalesen
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen
cg.subject.actionAreaResilient Agrifood Systems
cg.subject.alliancebiovciatLIVESTOCKen
cg.subject.alliancebiovciatTROPICAL FORAGESen
cg.subject.impactAreaClimate adaptation and mitigation
cg.subject.sdgSDG 2 - Zero hungeren
cg.subject.sdgSDG 12 - Responsible consumption and productionen
cg.volume10en
dc.contributor.authorMwendia, Solomon W.en
dc.contributor.authorNotenbaert, An Maria Omeren
dc.contributor.authorNzogela, Beatusen
dc.contributor.authorMwilawa, Angelloen
dc.date.accessioned2022-11-07T13:07:55Zen
dc.date.available2022-11-07T13:07:55Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/125350
dc.titleBenefit of feeding Urochloa hybrid cultivar ‘Cobra’ on milk production in Tanzaniaen
dcterms.abstractAnimal genetics, management, diseases, feeds and environment affect milk production in cattle. Feed is the most important and when addressed, cattle show immediate responses. In sub-Saharan Africa, livestock productivity is low largely due to use of low-quality crop residues and natural pastures, often poor in key nutrients for animal performance. In an 8-week on-farm feeding trial with farmers’ participation, milk production under farmers’ practice (FP) was compared with the use of improved Urochloa hybrid cultivar ‘Cobra’ hay (Cobra hay) as an intervention (IN). A crossover design with each cow undergoing FP and IN phases was used. For the initial 2 weeks, the experiment followed FP before shifting to 50-50 FP/IN in week 3 and 100% IN in week 4 and 5, followed by 50-50 FP/IN in week six and 100% FP in week 7 and 8. Milk production increased by 15 % under IN and was associated with better feed utilization efficiency of 2 kg DMCobra hay/L of milk. The use of Cobra hay has potential to increase dairy productivity in Tanzania and other similar tropical ecologies and contexts in sub-Saharan Africaen
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.audienceAcademicsen
dcterms.audienceGeneral Publicen
dcterms.audienceScientistsen
dcterms.available2022-09-30en
dcterms.bibliographicCitationMwendia, S.; Notenbaert, A.; Nzogela. B.; Mwilawa, A. (2022) Benefit of feeding Urochloa hybrid cultivar ‘Cobra’ on milk production in Tanzania. Tropical Grasslands-Forrajes Tropicales 10(3) p. 195–203. ISSN: 2346-3775en
dcterms.extent195-203en
dcterms.issued2022-09-30en
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-4.0
dcterms.publisherInternational Center for Tropical Agricultureen
dcterms.subjectmilk productionen
dcterms.subjectfeed conversion efficiencyen
dcterms.subjectfeeding experimentsen
dcterms.subjectforageen
dcterms.subjectfarmer participationen
dcterms.subjectproducción lecheraen
dcterms.subjecteficiencia de conversión del piensoen
dcterms.subjectexperimentos de alimentaciónen
dcterms.typeJournal Article

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