The Evaluation of Nutritive Value of Three Tropical Browse Species for Sheep Using in Vitro and in Vivo Digestibility

Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 496-500

  Yahaya, M S ^a   Kibon, A ^a   Aregheore, E M ^a,b   Abdulrazak, S A ^a,c   Takahashi, J ^a   Matsuoka, S ^a  

^a OBIHIRO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Animal Production Unit   (Nigeria)

^c KENYA AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Browse Species; In Vivo and in Vitro Digestibility and Degradability; Sheep

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035585321     PISSN: 10112367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5713/ajas.2001.496     Document Type: Article

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