Nutritional quality and digestibility of sorghum-broiler litter silages

Animal Feed Science and Technology

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 65-73

  Al Rokayan, S A ^a   Naseer, Z ^b,c   Chaudhry, S M ^b  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Pakistan)

^c KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Broiler litter; Digestibility; Ensiling; Pathogens; Sheep; Sorghum

Indexed keywords

EID: 0007440452     PISSN: 03778401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-8401(98)00180-1     Document Type: Article

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