Chemical composition, degradation characteristics and effect of tannin on digestibility of some browse species from kenya harvested during the wet season

Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 54-60

  Osuga, I M ^a   Abdulrazak, S A ^a,b   Ichinohe, T ^a   Fujihara, T ^a  

^a SHIMANE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b EGERTON UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Browse; Chemical Composition; Digestibility; Gas Production; PEG

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BAUHINIA; BAUHINIA VARIEGATA; BOVIDAE; CALLIANDRA; CRATYLIA; CRATYLIA ARGENTEA; GLIRICIDIA; GLIRICIDIA SEPIUM; LANTANA; LANTANA CAMARA; MAERUA ANGOLENSIS; SESBANIA; SESBANIA SESBAN;

EID: 13244276482     PISSN: 10112367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5713/ajas.2005.54     Document Type: Article

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