Effect of monensin, avoparcin and grass supplementation on utilization of urea-treated rice straw by sheep and goats

Small Ruminant Research

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 201-211

  Soodeen Karamath, S ^a   Youssef, F G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

Author keywords

Avoparcin; Goats; Grass; Monensin; Rice straw; Sheep; Urea

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032816942     PISSN: 09214488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0921-4488(99)00031-0     Document Type: Article

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