Use of Duckweed as a Protein Supplement for Growing Ducks

Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 1741-1746

  Men, Bui Xuan ^a,b   Ogle, Brian ^a   Lindberg, Jan Erik ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b CAN THO UNIVERSITY   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

Carcass Quality; Crossbred Meat Ducks; Daily Gains; Duckweed; Feed Conversion Ratio; Intake

Indexed keywords

ANAS; ANAS SP.; AVES; GLYCINE MAX; LEMNA; LEMNA MINOR;

EID: 0035600504     PISSN: 10112367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5713/ajas.2001.1741     Document Type: Article

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