Response of goats to pelleted diets containing different proportions of sun-dried Leucaena leucocephala

Small Ruminant Research

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 139-148

  Srivastava, S N L ^a,c   Sharma, K ^a,b  

^a Ctrl Inst for Research on Goats   (India)

^b INDIAN VETERINARY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^c NONE   (India)

Author keywords

Jamunapari goats; Leucaena leucocephala; Nutritive value

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000917237     PISSN: 09214488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0921-4488(97)00069-2     Document Type: Article

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