Food intake, milk production and growth of kids of local, multipurpose goats grazing on dry season natural Sahelian rangeland in Mali

Animal Science

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 165-173

  Sangare M ^a   Pandey, V S ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Food intake; Goats; Kids; Milk yield; Rangelands; Sahelian zone

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034378852     PISSN: 13577298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1357729800054990     Document Type: Article

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