Use of Leucaena leucocephala and Gliricidia sepium as Nitrogen Sources in Supplementary Concentrates for Dairy Goats Offered Rhodes Grass Hay

Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 1249-1254

  Ondiek, J O ^a   Tuitoek, J K ^a   Abdulrazak, S A ^a,b   Bareeba, F B ^a,c   Fujihara, T ^a  

^a EGERTON UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

^b SHIMANE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Feed Intake; Gliricidia; Leucaena; Milk Yield; Nitrogen; Tropics

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034415447     PISSN: 10112367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5713/ajas.2000.1249     Document Type: Article

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