Utilization of Diets Containing Increasing Levels of Dried Desiccated Coconut Waste Meal (DCWM) by Growing Crossbred Anglo-Nubian Goats in Samoa

Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 316-320

  Aregheore, Eroarome M ^a   Tunabuna, Tomasi ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC   (Samoa)

^b Koronivia Research Station   (Fiji)

Author keywords

Desiccated Coconut Waste Meal; Digestibility; Feed Intake; Goats; Growth; Tropical

Indexed keywords

BOVIDAE; CAPRA HIRCUS; NUBIAN;

EID: 0035582913     PISSN: 10112367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5713/ajas.2001.316     Document Type: Article

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