Evaluation of Some Agri-industrial By-products Available in Samoa for Goats

Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1593-1598

  Aregheore, E M ^a   Abdulrazak, S A ^a,b,c   Fujihara, T ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC   (Samoa)

^b EGERTON UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

^c SHIMANE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

By products; Goats; In vitro Digestibility; In vivo; Intake

Indexed keywords

BOVIDAE; CAPRA HIRCUS; THEOBROMA CACAO;

EID: 0347604700     PISSN: 10112367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5713/ajas.2003.1593     Document Type: Article

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