Nutritional evaluation of two promising varieties of forage sorghum in sheep fed as silage

Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1715-1720

  Mahanta, S K ^a   Pachauri, V C ^a  

^a INDIAN GRASSLAND AND FODDER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Forage Sorghum Varieties; Nutritional Evaluation; Sheep; Silage

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 28344437924     PISSN: 10112367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5713/ajas.2005.1715     Document Type: Article

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