The effect of supplementation with ficus leaves on the utilization of cassava peels by sheep

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 47-51

  Baah, J ^a   Tait, R M ^a   Tuah, A K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Cassava peels; Digestibility; Ficus exasperata; Growth; Intake; Sheep; Supplementation

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITION; GROWTH KINETICS; LIGNIN; NITROGEN; PROTEINS;

CASSAVA PEELS; FICUS LEAVES; SHEEP;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

NITROGEN; ORGANIC MATTER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CASSAVA; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY FIBER; DIGESTION; FOOD INTAKE; LAMB; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMALIA; FICUS EXASPERATA; MANIHOT ESCULENTA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0032889662     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-8524(99)00072-3     Document Type: Article

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