Effect of Leucaena and Sesbania supplementation on body growth and scrotal circumference of Ethiopian highland sheep and goats fed teff straw basal diet

Livestock Production Science

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 173-181

  Kaitho, R J ^a,b   Tegegne, A ^b   Umunna, N N ^a   Nsahlai, I V ^a,d   Tamminga, S ^b   Van Bruchem, J ^b   Arts, J M ^c  

^a INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Ethiopia)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c TNO   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Goats; Growth; Leucaena; Scrotal circumference; Sesbania; Sheep

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CAPRA HIRCUS; ERAGROSTIS; ERAGROSTIS TEF; LEUCAENA; LEUCAENA PALLIDA; OVIS ARIES; SESBANIA; SESBANIA SESBAN; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 0002666068     PISSN: 03016226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-6226(97)00152-8     Document Type: Article

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