Napier or groundnut hay as supplements in diets of sheep consuming poor quality natural pasture hay 1. Effect on intake and digestibility

Livestock Production Science

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 33-41

  Manyuchi, B ^a   Deb Hovell, F D ^b   Ndlovu, L R ^c   Topps, J H ^c   Tigere, A ^d  

^a AFRICA UNIVERSITY   (Zimbabwe)

^b ROWETT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

^d Grasslands Research Station Harare   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ARACHIS HYPOGAEA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0002019446     PISSN: 03016226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-6226(97)00019-5     Document Type: Article

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