Nutritional evaluation of leaves from some major fodder trees cultivated in the hills of Nepal

Animal Feed Science and Technology

Volumn 92, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 17-32

  Khanal, R C ^b   Subba, D B ^a,b  

^a NEPAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (Nepal)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cultivated; Fodder tree leaves; Hills; Nepal; Nutritive value

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOVIDAE; TERMINALIA;

EID: 0035898773     PISSN: 03778401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-8401(01)00240-1     Document Type: Article

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