Ileal and total tract digestibility in growing pigs given cassava root meal diets with inclusion of cassava leaves, leucaena leaves and groundnut foliage

Animal Science

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 301-308

  Phuc, B H N ^a   Lindberg, J E ^b  

^a NONG LAM UNIVERSITY   (Viet Nam)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Digestibility; Fibre; Foliage; Pigs; Tropical asia

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034287762     PISSN: 13577298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1357729800055144     Document Type: Article

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