A note on a comparison of the feeding value of sweet potato vines and lucerne meal for broiler chickens

Animal Feed Science and Technology

Volumn 85, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 145-150

  Farrell, D J ^a,b   Jibril, H ^a   Perez Maldonado, R A ^b   Mannion, P F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b Queensland Poultry Res Devmt Ctr   (Australia)

Author keywords

AME; Chemical composition; Evaluation with broilers; Sweet potato vines

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034732914     PISSN: 03778401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-8401(00)00118-8     Document Type: Article

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