Performance of West African Dwarf goats fed dehydrated poultry manure as a dry season supplement

Tropical Animal Health and Production

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 180-184

  Torto, R ^a,b   Rhule, S W A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

^b INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Ethiopia)

^c Animal Research Institute Ghana   (Ghana)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; DIET; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; EATING; FEMALE; GHANA; GOAT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; MANURE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; POULTRY; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMALS; DIET; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; EATING; FEMALE; GHANA; GOATS; MALE; MANURE; POULTRY; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 0031204448     PISSN: 00494747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02633020     Document Type: Article

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