Forage legumes included in diets with tropical grasses. II. Dry matter intake and nutrient digestibility;Inclusíon de leguminosas forrajeras en dietas basadas en gramíneas tropicales. II. Consumo voluntario y digestibilidad aparente de nutrimentos

Journal of Agriculture of the University of Puerto Rico

Volumn 82, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 39-49

  Rodríguez, Abner A ^a   Riquelme, Ernesto O ^b   Randel, Paul F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Intake; Legume forages; Leucaena leucocephala; Nutrient digestibility; Stylosanthes guianensis

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040598933     PISSN: 0041994X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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