Effect of maize supplementation, seasonal temperature and humidity on the liveweight gain of steers grazing irrigated Leucaena leucocephala/Digitaria eriantha pastures in north-west Australia

Journal of Agricultural Science

Volumn 130, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 95-105

  Petty, S R ^a,c   Poppi, D P ^b   Triglone, T ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FOOD WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c Flora Valley Station   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAHMAN CATTLE; FOOD SUPPLEMENTATION; LEUCAENA; LIVEWEIGHT GAIN; PANGOLA; PASTURE;

AUSTRALIA, WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

BOS INDICUS; DIGITARIA ERIANTHA; LEUCAENA LEUCOCEPHALA; LEUCAENA LUECOCEPHALA; MIMOSACEAE; POACEAE; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0031935999     PISSN: 00218596     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021859697004966     Document Type: Article

References (24)

1. ADAMS, D. C. (1985). Effect of time of supplementation on performance, forage intake and grazing behavior of yearling beef steers grazing Russian wild ryegrass in the fall. Journal of Animal Science 61, 1037-1042.
2. AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH COUNCIL (1980). The Nutrient Requirements of Ruminant Livestock. Slough, UK: Commonwealth Agricultural Bureau.
3. ALLISON, M. J., HAMMOND, A.C. & JONES, R. J. (1990). Detection of ruminai bacteria that degrade toxic dihydroxypyridine compounds produced from mimosine. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 56, 590-594.
4. BAMUALIM, A., JONES, R. J. & MURRAY, R. M. (1980). Nutritive value of tropical browse legumes in the dry season. Proceedings of the Australian Society of Animal Production 13, 229-232.
5. BEEVER, D. E., LOSADA, H. R., CAMMELL, S. B., EVANS, R. T. & HAINES, M. J. (1986). Effect of forage species and season on nutrient digestion and supply in grazing cattle. British Journal of Nutrition 56, 209-225.
6. BIANCA, W. (1965). Reviews of the progress of dairy science. Section A. Physiology. Cattle in a hot environment. Journal of Dairy Research 32, 291-345.
7. BLACKSHAW, J. K. (1992). Principles of cattle behaviour. In Proceedings of a Workshop on Thermal Stress in Feedlot Cattle, Gatton College, Australia, pp. 27-32.
8. CHACON, E. & STOBBS, T. H. (1976). Influence of progressive defoliation of a grass sward on the eating behaviour of cattle. Australian Journal of Agricultural Research 27, 709-727.
9. COMBELLAS, J. & HODGSON, J. (1979). Herbage intake and milk production by grazing dairy cows. 1. The effects of variation in herbage mass and daily herbage allowance in a short-term trial. Grass and Forage Science 34, 209-214.
10. GENSTAT (1993). Genstat 5. Statistical Department of Rothamsted Experimental Station. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
11. HENDRICKSEN, R. E. & MINSON, D. J. (1980). The feed intake and grazing behaviour of cattle grazing a crop of Lablab purpureus cv. Rongai. Journal of Agricultural Science, Cambridge 95, 547-554.
12. JANES, A. N., WEEKES, T. E. C. & ARMSTRONG, D. G. (1985). Insulin action and glucose metabolism in sheep fed on dried-grass or ground, maize-based diets. British Journal of Nutrition 54, 459-471.
13. JONES, R. J. & LOWRY, J. B. (1984). Australian goats detoxify the goitrogen 3 hydroxy-4(1H) pyridone (DHP) after ruminal infusion from an Indonesian goat. Experientia 40, 1435-1436.
14. JONES, R. M. & TOTHILL, J. C. (1985). Botanal - A field and computer package for assessment of plant biomass and botanical composition. In Ecology and Management of the World's Savannas (Eds J. C. Tothill & J. J. Mott), pp. 318-320. Canberra: Australian Academy of Sciences.
15. KIBLER, H. H. (1964). Environmental physiology and shelter engineering. LXVI. Various temperature humidity combinations of Hollstein cattle as measured at constant 50 °F and 80 °F temperatures. University of Missouri Agricultural Experiment Station Research Bulletin No. 862.
16. MACRAE, J. E. & LOBLEY, G. E. (1986). Interactions between energy and protein. In Control of Digestion and Metabolism in Ruminants (Eds L. P. Milligan, W. L. Grovum & A. Dobson), pp. 367-385. London: Prentice-Hall.
17. MINSON, D. J. (1981). The measurement of digestibility and voluntary intake of forages with confined animals. In Forage Evaluation (Eds J. L. Wheeler & R. D. Mochrie), pp. 156-176. Melbourne: CSIRO.
18. NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL (1984). Nutrient Requirements of Beef Cattle. Washington, DC: National Academy Press.
19. NORTON, B. W. (1994). The nutritive value of tree legumes. In Forage Tree Legumes in Tropical Agriculture (Eds R. C. Gutteridge & H. M. Shelton), pp. 177-191. Wallingford: CAB International.
20. POPPI, D. P. & NORTON, B. W. (1995). Intake of tropical legumes. In Tropical Legumes in Animal Nutrition (Eds J. P. F. D'Mello & C. Devendra), pp. 173-190. Wallingford: CAB International.
21. PRATCHETT, D. & TRIGLONE, T. (1989). The prospects of leucaena on the ORD. Western Australian Journal of Agriculture 30, 62-66.
22. QUIRK, M. F., BUSHELL, J. J., JONES, R. J., MEGARRITY, R. G. & BUTLER, K. L. (1988). Live-weight gains on leucaena and native grass pastures after dosing cattle with rumen bacteria capable of degrading DHP, a ruminal metabolite from leucaena. Journal of Agricultural Science, Cambridge 111, 165-170.
23. STOBBS, T. H. (1975). Factors limiting the nutritional value of grazing tropical pastures for beef and milk production. Tropical Grasslands 9, 141-150.
24. WILDEN, J. H. (1985). Tree Leucaena-Permanent High Quality Pasture. Rockhampton: Queensland Department of Primary Industry.