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• Research Article
  Coping with Climate Change Challenges by Feeding Indigenous Chickens under Intensive Systems in Namibia
  Author(s): Petrus NP, Mpofu I and Shikongo-Nambambi MNNNPetrus NP, Mpofu I and Shikongo-Nambambi MNNN
  
  Floods that have hit Northern Communal Areas (NCAs) of Namibia in recent year pose feeding and other challenges to indigenous chicken. Indigenous chickens constitute a major source of livelihoods among rural farmers. The objective of this study was to determine the potential of intensive feeding of high and low plane of protein nutrition to indigenous chickens as one way of coping with environmental challenges caused by annual floods in the NCAs. Adequacy of protein inclusion in the diet is a viable option for improving the growth of small rural owned chickens. Two hundred and four indigenous chickens were subjected to two levels of plane of nutrition namely high and low plane of protein nutrition. At the low level, the protein was 18% in the 1-8 week age group, 16% in 9-22 week age group and 12% in the 23-36 week age. Feeding at high plane of protein nutrition was as follows; 23% in .. View More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2157-7463.1000128

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