Influence of deciduous broadleaved woody species in goat nutrition during the dry season in northern Greece

Small Ruminant Research

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 15-22

  Papachristou, T G ^a   Nastis, A S ^b  

^a FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Greece)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Deciduous fodder shrubs; Digestibility; Goat; Greece; Nitrogen retention; Plant animal interactions

Indexed keywords

EID: 0012484779     PISSN: 09214488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0921-4488(95)00767-9     Document Type: Article

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