Acceptance and Digestibility of Some Selected Browse Feeds with Varying Tannin Content as Supplements in Sheep Nutrition in West Africa

Journal of Veterinary Medicine Series A: Physiology Pathology Clinical Medicine

Volumn 47, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 513-524

  Aschfalk, A ^a,b,c   Steingass, H ^a   Muller W ^b   Drochner, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEUCAENA LEUCOCEPHALA; LEUCOCEPHALA; LEUCOCEPHALA LEUCOCEPHALA; MALLOTUS OPPOSITIFOLIUS; MARGARITARIA; OVIS ARIES; PANICUM MAXIMUM;

TANNIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BENIN; CHEMISTRY; DIGESTION; METABOLISM; PLANT LEAF; POACEAE; SHEEP; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ANIMALS; BENIN; DIGESTION; HYDROLYZABLE TANNINS; PLANT LEAVES; POACEAE; SHEEP; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 0034328801     PISSN: 0931184X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0442.2000.00313.x     Document Type: Article

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