Water spinach (Ipomoea aquatica) and Stylo 184 (Stylosanthes guianensis CIAT 184) as basal diets for growing rabbits

Livestock Research for Rural Development

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 46-59

  Phimmmasan, Hongthong ^a   Kongvongxay, Siton ^a   Chhayty, ^b   Preston, T R ^c  

^a NAFRI   (Laos)

^b UTA ^*  (Cambodia)

^c UTA Colombia   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Broken rice; Digestibility; Growth; Rabbits; Water spinach

Indexed keywords

FRAXINUS; IPOMOEA; IPOMOEA AQUATICA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; SPINACIA OLERACEA; STYLOSANTHES; STYLOSANTHES GUIANENSIS;

EID: 2942674655     PISSN: 01213784     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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