Chemical composition, herbage yield and nutritive value of Panicum antidotale and Pennisetum orientale for Nili buffaloes at different clipping intervals

Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 176-180

  Sarwar, M ^a   Mahr un Nisa, ^a   Ajmal Khan, M ^a,b   Mushtaque, M ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

^b National Institute of Animal Science   (South Korea)

^c Punjab Forest Department   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Digestibility; Interval; Leaf to Stem Ratio; Maturity; Plant Age; Plant Height; Re growth

Indexed keywords

BUBALUS; PANICUM ANTIDOTALE; PENNISETUM GLAUCUM; PENNISETUM ORIENTALE; POACEAE;

EID: 28844503874     PISSN: 10112367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5713/ajas.2006.176     Document Type: Article

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