Nutritive value of Ficus religiosa in West African dwarf goats

Animal Feed Science and Technology

Volumn 105, Issue 1-4, 2003, Pages 71-79

  Bamikole, M A ^a   Babayemi, O J ^b   Arigbede, O M ^c   Ikhatua, U J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BENIN   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Digestibility; Ficus religiosa; Goats; N utilization; Panicum maximum; Weight gain

Indexed keywords

CAPRA HIRCUS; FICUS RELIGIOSA; PANICUM MAXIMUM;

EID: 0037475002     PISSN: 03778401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-8401(03)00059-2     Document Type: Article

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