Feed intake and nitrogen utilisation by growing goats fed by-product based diets of different protein and energy levels

Small Ruminant Research

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 193-204

  Lallo, C H O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

Author keywords

By products; Feed intake; Goats; Nitrogen utilisation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0006399599     PISSN: 09214488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0921-4488(96)00890-5     Document Type: Article

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