The ability of faecal nitrogen to predict digestibility for goats and sheep fed with tropical herbage

Journal of Agricultural Science

Volumn 140, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 443-450

  Boval, M ^a   Archimede H ^a   Fleury, J ^a   Xande A ^a  

^a Unite de Recherches Zootechniques Pointe a Pitre   (Guadeloupe)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIGESTIBILITY; FECES; NITROGEN; RUMINANT; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

ANIMALIA; CAPRA HIRCUS; DIGITARIA ERIANTHA; OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0142154014     PISSN: 00218596     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021859603003265     Document Type: Article

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