Effect of Type and Level of Foliage Supplementation on Voluntary Intake and Digestibility of Rice Straw in Sheep

Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 223-228

  Premaratne, Sujatha ^a   Van Bruchem, J ^a,b   Perera, H G D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERADENIYA   (Sri Lanka)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Digestibility; Forage Supplementation; Intake; Rice Straw

Indexed keywords

GLIRICIDIA; LEUCAENA; OVIS ARIES; TITHONIA;

EID: 0031495856     PISSN: 10112367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5713/ajas.1997.223     Document Type: Article

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