Effect of supplementing veld hay with a dry meal or silage from pods of Acacia sieberiana with or without wheat bran on voluntary intake, digestibility, excretion of purine derivatives, nitrogen utilization, and weight gain in South African Merino sheep

Livestock Production Science

Volumn 77, Issue 2-3, 2002, Pages 253-264

  Ngwa, A T ^a   Nsahlai, I V ^a   Iji, P A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Acacia sieberiana; Beneficial effects; Digestibility; Intake; Sheep feeding and nutrition; Silage; Tannins

Indexed keywords

ACACIA; ANIMALIA; CYNODON; CYNODON DACTYLON; OVIS ARIES; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 0036851185     PISSN: 03016226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-6226(02)00035-0     Document Type: Article

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