The nutritive value of canola, heat-treated canola and fish meals as protein supplements for lambs fed grass silage

Animal Feed Science and Technology

Volumn 68, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 139-152

  Plaisance, R ^c   Petit, H V ^a,b   Seoane, J R ^c   Rioux, R ^a  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^b SHERBROOKE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE   (Canada)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Digestibility; Forages; Growth; Lambs; Protein supplementation

Indexed keywords

BRASSICA NAPUS VAR. NAPUS; HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE; OVIS ARIES; SINAPIS ARVENSIS;

EID: 0000853965     PISSN: 03778401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-8401(97)00037-0     Document Type: Article

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