Nutritive value, behaviour, and growth of Barbarine lambs fed on oldman saltbush (Atriplex nummularia L.) and supplemented or not with barley grains or spineless cactus (Opuntia ficus-indica f. inermis) pads

Small Ruminant Research

Volumn 59, Issue 2-3 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 229-237

  Ben Salem, H ^a   Abdouli, H ^b   Nefzaoui, A ^a   El Mastouri, A ^a,b   Ben Salem, L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CARTHAGE   (Tunisia)

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

^c Office de l'Elevage et des Paturages   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Atriplex nummularia Lindl.; Behaviour; Biomass; Energy supply; Growth; Sheep

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ATRIPLEX; ATRIPLEX NUMMULARIA; CACTACEAE; HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE; OPUNTIA; OPUNTIA FICUS-INDICA; OVIS ARIES; HORDEUM; SARCOBATUS VERMICULATUS;

EID: 23444446898     PISSN: 09214488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.smallrumres.2005.05.010     Document Type: Article

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