They were used to investigate the nutritive value of sweet potato forage and its mixtures with batiki grass as goat feed in terms of voluntary feed intake, growth and digestibility.
Reduction of dietary FM from 15 to 5% did not affect voluntary feed intake, growth performance, feed efficiency, whole body composition, apparent digestibility coefficients, distal intestine and liver histomorphology, and digestive enzyme activities.
Similarly, the voluntary addition of bacterial growth inhibitors (antibiotics, antiseptics) in order to stop microbial growth and stabilize the microbial quality of milk (Zinedine et al. 2007) may also be considered as a possible cause.
President Bush has endorsed voluntary measures to slow growth in emissions, but not reduce them.
The industry says it can shave 1.5percentt off the annual rate of growth through voluntary efforts.
Far from being an engine for growth, the voluntary sector has been an engine for cutting wages.
Mr. Bush said more research was needed before he would consider any measures beyond voluntary programs to slow growth in emissions.
Does the world need a bigger pie (more productive technologies) or fewer forks (slower population growth through voluntary contraception) or better manners (fewer inequities, less violence and corruption, freer trade and mobility, more rule of law, less material-intensive consumption)?
The Bush administration has called for voluntary measures to slow the growth of emissions.
"Other online intermediaries, such as advertisers and payment providers, have taken voluntary action to counter the growth of the online black market," he said.
Three years ago, in anticipation of substantial growth in the voluntary and compliance carbon markets, governments and business groups around the Asia-Pacific region were jockeying to establish a regional hub for carbon trading.
