The Nutritive Value, Intake, Digestibility and Nitrogen Balance of Farm-grown and Prepared Sunflower-based Dairy Calf Meals

Tropical Animal Health and Production

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 321-331

  Mandibaya, W ^a   Mutisi, C ^a   Hamudikuwanda, H ^a   Titterton, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

Calf; Helianthus annus; Nutrition; Roughage; Smallholder; Sunflower cake; Supplement

Indexed keywords

ARACHIS HYPOGAEA; HELIANTHUS; HELIANTHUS ANNUS; ZEA MAYS;

NITROGEN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; DIGESTION; EATING; FECES; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; SUCKLING; SUNFLOWER; URINE;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, SUCKLING; BODY WEIGHT; CATTLE; DIGESTION; EATING; FECES; FEMALE; HELIANTHUS; NITROGEN; NUTRITIVE VALUE; RANDOM ALLOCATION;

EID: 0033208728     PISSN: 00494747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005207907776     Document Type: Article

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