Comparison of water melon (Citrullus vulgaris)-seed meal, Acacia tortilis pods and sunflower-seed cake supplements in central Tanzania. 2. Effect on hay intake and milk yield and composition of Mpwapwa cows

Tropical Grasslands

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 130-134

  Shayo, C M ^a   Ogle, B ^b   Uden P ^b  

^a Ministry of Livestock Development Dar es Salaam   (Tanzania)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

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