Content of macro and micro minerals of deferred forages in silvo-pastoral traditional fodder banks (Ngitiri) of Meatu district of central north-western Tanzania

Livestock Research for Rural Development

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 2005, Pages

  Rubanza, C D K ^a,c   Shem, M N ^b   Bakengesa, S S ^c   Ichinohe, T ^d   Fujihara, T ^d  

^a TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SOKOINE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Tanzania)

^c Tanzania Forestry Research Institute   (Tanzania)

^d SHIMANE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fodder banks; Herbage; Minerals; Natural pasture; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOVIDAE;

EID: 28944448988     PISSN: 01213784     EISSN: 01213784     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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