Integration of forage legumes with cereal crops II. Effect of supplementation with lablab hay and incremental levels of wheat bran on voluntary food intake, digestibility, milk yield and milk composition of crossbred cows fed maize-lablab stover or oats-vetch hay ad libitum

Livestock Production Science

Volumn 79, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 213-226

  Mpairwe, D R ^a,b   Sabiiti, E N ^b   Ummuna, N N ^a   Tegegne, A ^a   Osuji, P ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Ethiopia)

^b MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Cereals; Digestibility; Forage legumes; Intake; Lablab hay; Milk production; Wheat bran

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; AVENA; LABLAB; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; VICIA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0037304875     PISSN: 03016226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-6226(02)00178-1     Document Type: Article

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