The nutritive value of Kenyan sorghum for poultry

Tropical Science

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 43-48

  Jacob, J P ^a   Mitaru, B N ^b   Mbugua, P N ^b   Blair, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Developing countries; Feedstuffs; Kenya; Poultry; Sorghum

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031007315     PISSN: 00413291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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