Feed intake, live weight gain and reproductive performance of Menz ewes supplemented with Lablab purpureus, graded levels of Leucaena pallida 14203 and Sesbania sesban 1198

Livestock Production Science

Volumn 87, Issue 2-3, 2004, Pages 131-142

  Melaku, Solomon ^a   Peters, Kurt J ^b   Tegegne, Azage ^c  

^a HARAMAYA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Enzyme; Feed intake; Live weight; Menz sheep; MPTs; Reproductive performance

Indexed keywords

ERAGROSTIS; ERAGROSTIS TEF; LABLAB PURPUREUS; LAMB; LEUCAENA; LEUCAENA PALLIDA; OVIS; OVIS ARIES; SESBANIA; SESBANIA SESBAN;

EID: 2442619110     PISSN: 03016226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.livprodsci.2003.09.021     Document Type: Article

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