The performance of goats browsing Leucaena leucocephala in the semi arid areas of Northwest Venezuela

Revista Cientifica de la Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias de la Universidad del Zulia

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 460-463

  Clavero, Tyrone ^a   Razz, Rosa ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DEL ZULIA   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Goat; Growth rate; Leucaena leucocephala; Milk production

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DIET; EVALUATION; GOAT; GRAZING; GROWTH RATE; MILK; MILK PRODUCTION; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT CONCENTRATION; PASTURE; TROPICS; VENEZUELA;

ANIMALIA; CAPRA HIRCUS; LEUCAENA; LEUCAENA LEUCOCEPHALA;

EID: 2542488694     PISSN: 07982259     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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