Field activities and blood profile of pregnant South African indigenous goats after receiving dihydroxy pyridone-degrading rumen bacteria and grazing Leucaena leucocephala-grass or natural pastures

Journal of Agricultural Science

Volumn 138, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 103-113

  Akingbade, A A ^a   Nsahlai, I V ^a   Morris, C D ^b   Iji, P A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GOAT; GRAZING; PREGNANCY;

SOUTH AFRICA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAPRA HIRCUS; LEUCAENA LEUCOCEPHALA; SYNERGISTES JONESII;

EID: 0036477470     PISSN: 00218596     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0021859601001617     Document Type: Article

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