Utilisation of Leucaena diversifolia, Leucaena esculenta, Leucaena pallida and Calliandra calothyrsus as nitrogen supplements for growing goats fed maize stover

Animal Feed Science and Technology

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 15-28

  Nherera, Florence V ^a   Ndlovu, L R ^a   Dzowela, B H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

^b SADC ICRAF Agroforestry Project   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

Digestibility; Goats; Intake; Proanthocyanidins; Tree fodder

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001796923     PISSN: 03778401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-8401(98)00164-3     Document Type: Article

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