Nutrition of draught oxen in semi-arid west Africa. 2. Effect of work on intake, apparent digestibility and rate of passage of food through the gastro-intestinal tract in draught oxen given crop residues

Animal Science

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 217-225

  Fall, A ^a   Pearson, R A ^a   Lawrence, P R ^b,c   Fernandez Rivera S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b Sahelian Centre   (Niger)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Digestibility; Draught animals; Food intake; Millet stover; Work

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031478794     PISSN: 13577298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1357729800015769     Document Type: Article

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