Effect of feeding low quality date palm on growth performance and apparent digestion coefficients in fattening Najdi sheep

Small Ruminant Research

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 37-42

  Al Dabeeb, S N ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Date palm; Digestibility; Growth; Nitrogen balance; Sheep

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CHLORIS GAYANA; HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE; LAMB; OVIS ARIES; PHOENIX DACTYLIFERA; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 11844269309     PISSN: 09214488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.smallrumres.2004.05.002     Document Type: Article

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