Seasonal changes in nutritive value of some grass species in West Sumatra, Indonesia

Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1663-1668

  Evitayani, ^a   Warly, L ^c   Fariani, A ^d   Ichinohe, T ^b   Fujihara, T ^b  

^a TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SHIMANE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c ANDALAS UNIVERSITY   (Indonesia)

^d SRIWIJAYA UNIVERSITY   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

Dry Season; Grass Species; Nutritive Value; Wet Season

Indexed keywords

CYNODON; CYNODON PLECTOSTACHYUS; PENNISETUM; PENNISETUM GLAUCUM; PENNISETUM PURPUREUM; POACEAE;

EID: 10144249656     PISSN: 10112367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5713/ajas.2004.1663     Document Type: Article

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