The use of groundnut hay as a supplement for sheep consuming poor quality natural pasture hay

Animal Feed Science and Technology

Volumn 69, Issue 1-3, 1997, Pages 17-26

  Manyuchi, B ^a   Hovell, F D 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

Groundnut hay; Intake; Sheep; Supplementation

Indexed keywords

ARACHIS HYPOGAEA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0002608960     PISSN: 03778401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-8401(97)81619-7     Document Type: Article

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