Effect of supplementing napier grass (Pennisetum purpureum) with sunflower meal or poultry litter-based concentrates on feed intake, live-weight changes and economics of milk production in Friesian cows

Livestock Production Science

Volumn 67, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 89-99

  Muia, J M K ^a   Tamminga, S ^b   Mbugua, P N ^c  

^a National Animal Husbandry Research Centre Kenya   (Kenya)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Dairy cattle feeding and nutrition; Economics; Live weight; Milk; Napier; Poultry litter; Sunflower meal

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033675063     PISSN: 03016226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-6226(00)00192-5     Document Type: Article

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