Nutrient concentrations of crop and gizzard contents of indigenous scavenging chickens under rural conditions of Bangladesh

Livestock Research for Rural Development

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2005, Pages

  Rashid, M M ^a,c   Islam B C Roy, M N ^b   Jakobsen, K ^a   Lauridsen, C ^a  

^a DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

^b BANGLADESH LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Bangladesh)

^c Department of Livestock Services ^*  (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Crop contents; Gizzard contents; Nutrient concentrations; Scavenging chickens and season

Indexed keywords

AVES; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 15244343721     PISSN: 01213784     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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