Use of Browses (Terminalia serecia, Combretum apiculatum or Euclea schimperi) as a Supplement for Growing Tswana Goats

Tropical Animal Health and Production

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 295-305

  Aganga, A A ^a   Monyatsiwa, C B ^a  

^a BOTSWANA COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE   (Botswana)

Author keywords

Browse; Combretum apiculatum; Euclea schimperi; Goats; Nutrition; Terminalia serecia

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CAPRA HIRCUS; CENCHRUS; CENCHRUS CILIARIS; COMBRETUM; COMBRETUM APICULATUM; MEDICAGO SATIVA; TERMINALIA;

ALFALFA; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; BODY WEIGHT; BOTSWANA; DIGESTION; EATING; GOAT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; STANDARD; TREE; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; BOTSWANA; DIGESTION; EATING; GOATS; MALE; MEDICAGO SATIVA; NUTRITIVE VALUE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC; TREES; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 0033211013     PISSN: 00494747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005203806867     Document Type: Article

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