Effects of Cassava Leaf Meal on the Rumen Environment of Local Yellow Cattle Fed Urea-Treated Paddy Straw

Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 1102-1108

  Khang, D N ^b   Wiktorsson, H ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cassava Leaf Supplement; Cattle; Dry Matter Intake; Feed Degradation; Rice Straw; Rumen Environment

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034420554     PISSN: 10112367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5713/ajas.2000.1102     Document Type: Article

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