Wood ash treatment, a cost-effective way to deactivate tannins in Acacia cyanophylla Lindl. foliage and to improve digestion by Barbarine sheep

Animal Feed Science and Technology

Volumn 122, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 93-108

  Ben Salem, H ^a   Abidi, Sourour ^a,b   Makkar, H P S ^c   Nefzaoui, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CARTHAGE   (Tunisia)

^b Higher School of Agriculture of Mateur University of Carthage   (Tunisia)

^c INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Acacia cyanophylla; Nutritive value; Sheep; Tannins; Wood ash

Indexed keywords

ACACIA; ACACIA SALIGNA; OVIS ARIES; PINUS HALEPENSIS;

EID: 22444436288     PISSN: 03778401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2005.04.013     Document Type: Conference Paper

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