Recovery of seed of four African browse shrubs ingested by cattle, sheep and goats and the effect of ingestion, hot water and acid treatment on the viability of the seeds

Tropical Grasslands

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 195-200

  Shayo, C M ^a,b   Uden P ^b  

^a Ministry of Livestock Development Dar es Salaam   (Tanzania)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACACIA ALBIDA; ACACIA NILOTICA; ACACIA TORTILIS; DICHROSTACHYS CINEREA;

EID: 0344450783     PISSN: 00494763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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