Indigenous browse leaves as supplements to dual purpose goats in central Tanzania

Livestock Production Science

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 245-252

  Goromela, E H ^a   Ledin, I ^b   Uden P ^b  

^a Ministry of Livestock Development Dar es Salaam   (Tanzania)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Browse leaves; Digestibility; Goats; Hay intake

Indexed keywords

ALBIZIA HARVEYI; CAPRA HIRCUS; CENCHRUS; CENCHRUS CILIARIS; DELONIX ELATA; GREWIA; GREWIA SIMILIS; FABACEAE; POACEAE;

BROWSE; DIGESTIBILITY; GOAT;

TANZANIA;

EID: 0031417160     PISSN: 03016226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-6226(96)01399-1     Document Type: Article

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