Integration of forage legumes with cereal crops. I. Effects of supplementation with graded levels of lablab hay 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 193-212

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

^a MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^b INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Cereals; Crossbred cows; Forage legumes; Intake; Lablab hay; Milk production

Indexed keywords

AVENA; LABLAB; VICIA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0037306182     PISSN: 03016226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-6226(02)00176-8     Document Type: Article

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