Relationships between in vitro gas production characteristics, chemical composition and in vivo quality measures in goats fed tree fodder supplements

Small Ruminant Research

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 117-126

  Nherera, Florence V ^a   Ndlovu, L R ^a   Dzowela, B H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

^b SADC ICRAF Agroforestry Project   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

Digestion; Gas production; Intake; Microbial nitrogen; Tree fodder

Indexed keywords

CALLIANDRA CALOTHYRSUS; DIGESTION; GOAT; IN VITRO STUDY; LEUCAENA DIVERSIFOLIA; LEUCAENA ESCULENTA; LEUCAENA PALLIDA;

EID: 0033032344     PISSN: 09214488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0921-4488(98)00128-X     Document Type: Article

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