Forage potential of eight woody species: Intake and growth rates of local young goats in the highland region of Rwanda

Agroforestry Systems

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 171-178

  Niang, A ^a,b   Ugiziwe, J ^b   Styger, E ^a,b   Gahamanyi, A ^b  

^a WORLD AGROFORESTRY CENTRE ICRAF   (Kenya)

^b ICRAF ISAR Agroforestry Project   (Rwanda)

Author keywords

acid upland soils; fodder intake; live weight gain; tree fodder

Indexed keywords

FEED INTAKE; FORAGE POTENTIAL; GOAT; GROWTH RATE; WOODY SPECIES;

RWANDA;

ACACIA KOA; ACACIA KOAIA; ACACIA MEARNSII; ACACIA MELANOXYLON; ALNUS ACUMINATA; BETULACEAE; CAPRA HIRCUS; CHAMAECYTISUS PALMENSIS; FABACEAE; HAGENIA ABYSSINICA; MIMOSA SCABRELLA; MIMOSACEAE; POACEAE; SETARIA SPLENDIDA;

EID: 0030301070     PISSN: 01674366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00148160     Document Type: Article

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