https://commons.ufh.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Index en-us 5 https://commons.ufh.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:32744 Wed 12 May 2021 23:43:27 SAST ]]> https://commons.ufh.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:28493 0.05) by the treatments applied. The herbage height and basal cover had greater values (P<0.05) under rested plus chopping (CR) treatment followed by grazed plus chopping (GC). Grass biomass production and essential nutrients showed a greater concentration (P<0.05) under CR treatment than any treatments applied. The results on perceptions revealed that goats had the highest mean household holding number than any other livestock species across the selected villages in all the villages. Respondents indicated that both goats and cattle had equal or more importance than sheep. Three out of four villages raised cattle primarily for income generation and secondarily for cultural purposes like slaughtering during weddings ceremonies, amazila and also during woman circumcisions (Ntonjane). Similarly, goats and sheep were primarily raised for cash income generation. The results revealed that livestock population decreased over ten to twenty years (one-two decades) and poor rangeland condition is assumed to be the cause of the situation as feed is the key factor for production. The area was dominated by the grasses rather than by browse woody species so the above results are possible as the P. incana is more competitive than grasses. It was concluded that P. incana is detrimental to both rangeland and animal production. Forage and animal performance as well as farmers’ economic status (livelihoods) were negatively affected by P. incana invasion and the scientific assessment reported it to be detrimental to agriculture. Thus chopping and resting (CR) treatment resulted in a greater improvement of the basal cover, biomass production, soil nutrients as well as grass height than the other treatments applied. Therefore it can be concluded that chopping and resting the veld invaded with P. incana can improve the range and consequently animal production.]]> Wed 12 May 2021 23:41:51 SAST ]]> https://commons.ufh.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:39114 Wed 12 May 2021 23:40:41 SAST ]]> https://commons.ufh.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:28251 Wed 12 May 2021 23:40:05 SAST ]]> https://commons.ufh.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:27795 Wed 12 May 2021 23:26:17 SAST ]]> https://commons.ufh.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:39759 Wed 12 May 2021 23:19:15 SAST ]]> https://commons.ufh.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:28071 Wed 12 May 2021 23:18:19 SAST ]]> https://commons.ufh.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:29399 Wed 12 May 2021 23:06:47 SAST ]]> https://commons.ufh.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:28066 0.05) between Dense, Mixed and Moderate bushland. Woody plant density in all these sites exceed 2500 plants/ha, which showed that the rangeland was encroached with woody plants. Soil nutrient content was determined for each site. Five samples of soil were collected per site to test the effect of bush encroachment on soil nutrient composition. The concentration of nitrogen and soil pH increased with increase in bush density, while that of potassium, phosphorous, magnesium, sodium and sulphur showed no significant differences (P>0.05) across all homogenous vegetation units. The study revealed that Sheshegu communal farmers are aware of both negative and positive effects of encroachment on their community, and also argue that the government is not willing to support communal farmers in the process of reducing the spread of bush encroachment. It was concluded that the concentration of nitrogen and soil pH increased with increasing bush density and that bush encroachment had negative effects on herbaceous species. It was recommended that communal farmers should be formulating rangeland rules and regulations to manage rangeland resources. Rangeland rules and regulations should be based on the management of livestock management during grazing and harvesting of rangeland resources. The harvesting of woody and good timing of application of fire can also reduce the spread of bush encroachment. Veld resting and rotational grazing can also improve fuel load which is required for burning of woody plants. Furthermore, Department of agriculture should also provide workshops or training to communal farmers use different approaches or cheap ways of reducing bush encroachment and conserving rangeland resources.]]> Wed 12 May 2021 23:00:02 SAST ]]> https://commons.ufh.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:27672 Wed 12 May 2021 22:54:03 SAST ]]> https://commons.ufh.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:39627 0.05) in the concentration of OC, Ca, and Mg between the communities and seasons. Phosphorus (P) was significantly higher (p<0.05) in winter (concentrations) in most of the sites, except the top sites of Mbizana where summer concentration of P was significantly higher than winter. Potassium (K) was significantly higher (p<0.05) in summer than in winter in most of the HVUs, except the topland areas of Njwaxa and Mbizana sloppy areas where there were no significant differences (p>0.05) in the concentration of K. Soil pH did not display any significant differences (p>0.05) between communities and sites. The mean soil pH recorded in this study was 5.4 implying the soils of Njwaxa and Mbizana communities were acidic. It is evident that communal farmers are well aware of their rangeland condition, changes occurring in their rangelands, their causes and are capable of suggesting some solutions in controlling the declining condition of the rangelands. This study has shown the importance of engaging farmers’ inputs in range assessment since those are people bearing the consequences of rangeland degradation.]]> Wed 12 May 2021 22:52:49 SAST ]]> https://commons.ufh.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:28252 Wed 12 May 2021 22:42:06 SAST ]]> https://commons.ufh.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:31965 Wed 12 May 2021 22:25:07 SAST ]]> https://commons.ufh.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:30712 Wed 12 May 2021 22:21:29 SAST ]]> https://commons.ufh.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:26491 Wed 12 May 2021 21:03:29 SAST ]]> https://commons.ufh.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:27752 0.05) in the PUFA: SFA and n-6/n-3 fatty acid ratios between the herded and tethered goats. It was concluded that tethering promoted higher proportions of beneficial PUFAs which were more in TB than LTH muscle. The overall conclusions from the whole study were that goat manure is an important source of GHG with high CH4 being emitted from earth floors of herded goats. High CO2 and N2O are emitted from SF of herded and tethered goats, respectively. There were no major differences in meat quality between herded and tethered goats. However, herding promoted more live weight gain than tethering. On the other hand, tethering promoted more beneficial fatty acids. Therefore depending on the objective of the enterprise, smallholder farmers can safely tether or herd their goats. Further, there is need to develop technologies to harness CH4 from goat manure.]]> Wed 12 May 2021 21:02:13 SAST ]]> https://commons.ufh.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:27778 Wed 12 May 2021 20:58:09 SAST ]]> https://commons.ufh.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:27417 Wed 12 May 2021 20:55:03 SAST ]]> https://commons.ufh.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:39295 Wed 12 May 2021 20:48:45 SAST ]]> https://commons.ufh.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:27568 Wed 12 May 2021 20:17:20 SAST ]]> https://commons.ufh.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:28244 Wed 12 May 2021 20:12:20 SAST ]]> https://commons.ufh.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:39120 Wed 12 May 2021 20:11:06 SAST ]]> https://commons.ufh.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:36682 Wed 12 May 2021 19:52:34 SAST ]]> https://commons.ufh.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:27558 Wed 12 May 2021 19:50:27 SAST ]]> https://commons.ufh.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:31457 Wed 12 May 2021 19:48:15 SAST ]]> https://commons.ufh.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:28463 Wed 12 May 2021 19:45:25 SAST ]]> https://commons.ufh.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:27982 Wed 12 May 2021 19:36:30 SAST ]]> https://commons.ufh.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:27705 Wed 12 May 2021 18:50:35 SAST ]]> https://commons.ufh.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:29188 Wed 12 May 2021 18:38:11 SAST ]]> https://commons.ufh.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:32095 Wed 12 May 2021 18:34:03 SAST ]]> https://commons.ufh.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:28064 Wed 12 May 2021 18:17:13 SAST ]]> https://commons.ufh.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:27299 Wed 12 May 2021 18:10:54 SAST ]]> https://commons.ufh.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:29248 Wed 12 May 2021 17:55:36 SAST ]]> https://commons.ufh.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:27584 Wed 12 May 2021 17:48:21 SAST ]]> https://commons.ufh.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:27938 Wed 12 May 2021 17:34:21 SAST ]]> https://commons.ufh.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:27404 Wed 12 May 2021 17:14:44 SAST ]]> https://commons.ufh.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:27754 Wed 12 May 2021 17:11:01 SAST ]]> https://commons.ufh.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:35635 Wed 12 May 2021 16:47:21 SAST ]]> https://commons.ufh.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:27603 Wed 12 May 2021 16:41:04 SAST ]]> https://commons.ufh.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:29430 Wed 12 May 2021 16:39:23 SAST ]]> https://commons.ufh.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:39115 Wed 12 May 2021 16:37:43 SAST ]]> https://commons.ufh.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:31978 Wed 12 May 2021 16:36:41 SAST ]]> https://commons.ufh.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:39358 Wed 12 May 2021 16:35:45 SAST ]]> https://commons.ufh.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:27707 Wed 12 May 2021 16:33:51 SAST ]]> https://commons.ufh.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:27753 Wed 12 May 2021 16:28:54 SAST ]]> https://commons.ufh.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:27840 Wed 12 May 2021 16:24:12 SAST ]]> https://commons.ufh.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:27573 Wed 12 May 2021 15:59:38 SAST ]]> https://commons.ufh.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:27748 Wed 12 May 2021 15:55:11 SAST ]]> https://commons.ufh.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:29602 Wed 12 May 2021 15:49:40 SAST ]]> https://commons.ufh.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:40481 Wed 12 May 2021 15:05:38 SAST ]]> https://commons.ufh.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:42735 Wed 12 May 2021 15:01:30 SAST ]]> https://commons.ufh.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:40662 Wed 12 May 2021 14:55:46 SAST ]]> https://commons.ufh.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:40401 0.05) between the APC of raw beef (4.8 Log CFU/g), mutton (3.7 Log CFU/g) and pork (2.8 Log CFU/g) and also the cooked beef (1.5 Log CFU/g), mutton (1.3 Log CFU/g) and pork (1.9 Log CFU/g) samples. A similar trend was observed in the values of Staphylococcus aureus (Staph) and Escherichia coli (E. coli) counts in raw and cooked meat samples. However, a positive correlation between Aerobic plate counts (APC) and Staphylococcus aureus (Staph) (P<0.001) and Escherichia coli (E. coli) (P<0.01) was found in the study. It can, therefore, be concluded that there were no differences in the microbial counts of raw and cooked meat sold in the informal markets of Nkonkobe and Buffalo City Municipalities in the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa.]]> Wed 12 May 2021 14:42:36 SAST ]]> https://commons.ufh.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:40581 Wed 12 May 2021 14:25:10 SAST ]]> https://commons.ufh.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:40154 0.05) on breast and drumsticks. Moringa oleifera leaf meal had a significant effect on carcass weights, control diet had heavier weights (1185g ± 28.96) compared to chickens fed with MOLM diets (1121g±28.96, 1070g ± 28.96, 1030g± 28.96). Broilers fed with MOLM had higher values of lightness (L*) and (b*) values (P<0.05) at 45 minutes and 24 hours and no difference was observed in redness (a*) at 45 minutes and 24 hours. The L* values dropped at 24 hours for all the treatments and MOLM fed broilers had the lowest values (46.59 ± 0.76,46 ± 0.76,49 ± 0.76) compared to the control diet (50 ± 0.76). The pH levels were comparable after 24 hours; T2 had the highest pH values (5.95 ± 0.024) compared to other treatments (5.90 ± 0.024, 5.75 ± 0.024, 5.73 ± 0.024). The results of this study demonstrated that even though the FI was reduced in MOLM fed broilers, they efficiently consumed and used nutrients, as a result MOLM fed birds had higher weights and low ammonia concentration throughout the experiment, which may improve the house environment without affecting the quality of meat.]]> Wed 12 May 2021 14:21:24 SAST ]]> https://commons.ufh.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:40664 Wed 12 May 2021 14:12:23 SAST ]]> https://commons.ufh.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:40256 Wed 12 May 2021 13:56:49 SAST ]]> https://commons.ufh.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:40577 Wed 12 May 2021 13:45:36 SAST ]]> https://commons.ufh.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:29104 Tue 07 May 2024 10:40:36 SAST ]]> https://commons.ufh.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:28202 Tue 07 May 2024 10:26:25 SAST ]]> https://commons.ufh.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:27600 Thu 13 May 2021 15:49:26 SAST ]]> https://commons.ufh.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:39101 Thu 13 May 2021 12:46:24 SAST ]]> https://commons.ufh.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:29214 Thu 13 May 2021 12:33:46 SAST ]]> https://commons.ufh.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:28423 Thu 13 May 2021 10:40:07 SAST ]]> https://commons.ufh.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:30708 Thu 13 May 2021 08:08:13 SAST ]]> https://commons.ufh.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:30756 Thu 13 May 2021 07:41:45 SAST ]]> https://commons.ufh.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:29215 Thu 13 May 2021 07:35:47 SAST ]]> https://commons.ufh.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:34226 Thu 13 May 2021 07:34:11 SAST ]]> https://commons.ufh.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:27808 Thu 13 May 2021 07:33:08 SAST ]]> https://commons.ufh.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:28333 Thu 13 May 2021 07:32:44 SAST ]]> https://commons.ufh.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:11357 Thu 13 May 2021 07:22:35 SAST ]]> https://commons.ufh.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:29229 Thu 13 May 2021 07:14:30 SAST ]]> https://commons.ufh.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:28144 Thu 13 May 2021 07:09:23 SAST ]]> https://commons.ufh.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:27187 Thu 13 May 2021 06:40:34 SAST ]]> https://commons.ufh.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:27445 Thu 13 May 2021 06:29:39 SAST ]]> https://commons.ufh.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:29419 Thu 13 May 2021 05:51:07 SAST ]]> https://commons.ufh.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:29490 Thu 13 May 2021 05:49:55 SAST ]]> https://commons.ufh.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:28117 Thu 13 May 2021 05:42:08 SAST ]]> https://commons.ufh.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:29057 Thu 13 May 2021 05:25:44 SAST ]]> https://commons.ufh.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:28206 Thu 13 May 2021 05:18:41 SAST ]]> https://commons.ufh.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:39194 Thu 13 May 2021 03:45:20 SAST ]]> https://commons.ufh.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:35005 Thu 13 May 2021 03:34:26 SAST ]]> https://commons.ufh.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:31481 Thu 13 May 2021 03:20:47 SAST ]]> https://commons.ufh.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:30484 Thu 13 May 2021 03:15:51 SAST ]]> https://commons.ufh.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:28467 Thu 13 May 2021 02:42:54 SAST ]]> https://commons.ufh.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:39253 0.05) difference among all the treatments ranging from 1.44 to 1.62 in fresh forage and ranging from 1.31 to 1.50 in the dry forage. In terms of dry matter content, the control treatment had the highest dry matter content of 37.78percent, however, all the other treatments did not differ significantly (P < 0.05) from each other. There was no significant effect of P application (P > 0.05) in terms of ash, EE, ADF, CP, Ca, Mg, K, Na, P, Zn, Cu, Mn and Fe of the whole plant forage among the treatments. The application of 40 kg P/ha fertilizer significantly (P < 0.05) increased the NDF (51.16percent) of the whole plant of Mucuna compared to the other treatments which did not differ (p>0.05) among themselves. Within the stem fraction there were no significant (P > 0.05) differences among the treatments for the ash, EE, ADF, NDF, and CP, hemicellulose, Ca, Mg, K, P, Zn, Cu, Mn and Fe contents. However, the application of 40 kg P/ha fertilizer significantly (P < 0.05) increased the Na (0.05percent) content of the Mucuna stem fraction. In the leaf fraction of Mucuna there was no significant (P > 0.05) differences in terms of ash, EE, ADF, NDF, CP, hemicellulose, Ca, K, P, Zn, Cu, Mn and Fe among the treatments. However, the application of 20 kg P/ha fertilizer significantly (P < 0.05) increased the Mg (0.52percent) of the Mucuna leaves compared to the other treatments. Therefore the study has shown that increase in P application (60 kg P/ha) has no major effect in the nutrient content of Mucuna. Furthermore, it is recommended that Mucuna can be grown as a protein supplement, based on the CP content values that were recorded in this study and to provide maintenance requirements for ruminants. It was therefore concluded that phosphorus fertilization particularly 60 kg P/ha is necessary and required for optimum growth of Mucuna pruriens in order to increase forage yield. Based on the nutrient content result it was concluded that there was no effect of P fertilizer application levels on the nutrient content of Mucuna pruriens in Alice.]]> Thu 13 May 2021 02:28:50 SAST ]]> https://commons.ufh.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:39656 Thu 13 May 2021 01:56:27 SAST ]]> https://commons.ufh.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:27947 Thu 13 May 2021 01:40:01 SAST ]]> https://commons.ufh.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:28328 Thu 13 May 2021 01:18:27 SAST ]]> https://commons.ufh.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:28229 Thu 13 May 2021 01:18:04 SAST ]]> https://commons.ufh.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:27894 Thu 13 May 2021 00:59:38 SAST ]]> https://commons.ufh.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:29393 Thu 13 May 2021 00:52:54 SAST ]]> https://commons.ufh.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:27561 Thu 13 May 2021 00:49:36 SAST ]]> https://commons.ufh.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:28123 Thu 13 May 2021 00:43:05 SAST ]]> https://commons.ufh.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:27837 Thu 13 May 2021 00:17:33 SAST ]]> https://commons.ufh.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:65661 Mon 10 Jul 2023 17:20:04 SAST ]]> https://commons.ufh.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:43127 Mon 07 Jun 2021 16:20:08 SAST ]]> https://commons.ufh.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:27736 Mon 06 May 2024 15:34:25 SAST ]]> https://commons.ufh.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:62238 Mon 06 Mar 2023 15:06:01 SAST ]]> https://commons.ufh.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:62397 Fri 10 Mar 2023 09:22:07 SAST ]]>