Intake, digestibility and nitrogen utilization of three tropical tree legumes I. As sole feeds compared to Asystasia intrusa and Brachiaria brizantha

Animal Feed Science and Technology

Volumn 82, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 91-106

  Merkel, Roger C ^a   Pond, Kevin R ^b   Burns, Joseph C ^c   Fisher, Dwight S ^d  

^a Small Ruminant Collab Res S   (United States)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Asystasia intrusa; Condensed tannin; Digestibility; Digestible energy; Proanthocyanidins; Tree legumes

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033571314     PISSN: 03778401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-8401(99)00094-2     Document Type: Article

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