Seasonal changes in biomass growth and quality and its utilization by sheep on semiarid Cenchrus ciliaris pasture of India

Small Ruminant Research

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 29-35

  Shinde, A K ^a   Karim, S A ^a   Sankhyan, S K ^a   Bhatta, R ^a  

^a CENTRAL SHEEP AND WOOL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Cenchrus pasture; Grazing; Plane of nutrition; Season; Semiarid; Sheep

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002701591     PISSN: 09214488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0921-4488(98)00087-x     Document Type: Article

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