Digestibility of Freshly Harvested, Ensiled, and Mature Kenaf by Sheep

Professional Animal Scientist

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 99-104

  Philllps, William A ^a   Rao, Srinavas ^a   Von Tungeln, David L ^a   Fitch, Gerald Q ^b  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Digestibility; Kenaf; Sheep; Silage; Supplementation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002261515     PISSN: 10807446     EISSN: 1525318X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15232/S1080-7446(15)32497-9     Document Type: Article

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