Voluntary intake and digestibility of mulberry (Morus alba) diets by growing goats

Tropical Grasslands

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 177-181

  Omar, S S ^a   Shayo, C M ^b   Uden P ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b Ministry of Livestock Development Dar es Salaam   (Tanzania)

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EID: 0033393044     PISSN: 00494763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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