The effect of supplementation with fresh browse of Ziziphus mauritiana or Combretum aculeatum on feed intake, nitrogen utilization and growth of grazing range sheep

Tropical Animal Health and Production

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 465-476

  Sangare M ^a   Fernandez Rivera S ^b   Hiernaux, P ^c   Pandey, V S ^d  

^a Ctr Intl Rech Devmt Elev Z   (Burkina Faso)

^b INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Ethiopia)

^c Sahelian Centre   (Niger)

^d INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Browse; Digestibility; Nutrition; Pasture; Ruminal ammonia; Sheep

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BODY CONSTITUTION; CHEMISTRY; COMBRETUM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIGESTIVE FUNCTION; FECES; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; JUJUBE; METABOLISM; NIGER; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PHYSIOLOGY; SHEEP; URINE;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; BODY CONSTITUTION; COMBRETUM; DIGESTIVE PHYSIOLOGY; FECES; NIGER; NITROGEN; NUTRITIVE VALUE; SHEEP; ZIZIPHUS;

ANIMALIA; COMBRETUM; OVIS ARIES; ZIZIPHUS; ZIZIPHUS MAURITIANA;

EID: 0142134168     PISSN: 00494747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025875714804     Document Type: Article

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