The Nutritive Value of Silages Made from Mixtures of Pearl Millet (Pennisetum americanum) and Lablab (Lablab purpureus) as Feed for Yankasa Rams

Performance of Growing Yankasa Rams fed Ensiled Sorghum almum (Parodi) and Lablab purpureus (L. Sweet) forages and Concentrate Supplement

“…Also, silage production is not a common practice among the majority of the livestock producers in semi-arid zone of Nigeria. The conservation of forage as silage should be of particular interest and value to Nigerian livestock farmers, since it provides ample opportunity to harnessing wet season's excess forage growth for later use during the period of feed scarcity in the dry season (Amodu et al, 2008).This is a major challenge to livestock production in Nigeria as to ensuring adequate feed supply throughout the year in terms of quality and quantity. During the dry season forage quality declined to 3 % crude protein which is below the critical level of 7 % crude protein recommended (Alalade et al, 2014).…”

Qualitative parameters of pearl millet silage ammoniated with urea, at different compaction densities

“…Br.] cultivation has shown promising results in regions with adverse climates, mainly in semiarid regions (Amodu et al, 2008). Moreover, unlike other forage species, pearl millet is flexible for the harvest period, as it maintains good nutritional value even with the advance in its maturity (Brunette et al, 2016).…”