Ruminal and Intestinal Digestibility of Some Tropical Legume Forages

Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 321-325

  Khamseekhiew, B ^a   Liang, J B ^a   Wong, C C ^a,b   Jalan, Z A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b MALAYSIAN AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE MARDI   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Intestinal Digestibility; Ruminal Digestibility; Total Tract Digestibility; Tropical Legumes

Indexed keywords

ARACHIS PINTOI; BOS TAURUS; ELAEIS; GLIRICIDIA SEPIUM; LEUCAENA; LEUCAENA LEUCOCEPHALA; LEUCOCEPHALA;

EID: 0035579377     PISSN: 10112367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5713/ajas.2001.321     Document Type: Article

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