The effect of supplementing a basal diet of veld grass hay with increasing levels of velvet bean hay (Mucuna pruriens) on nutrient parameters in sheep

Livestock Research for Rural Development

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 31-39

  Mupangwa, J F ^a   Ngongoni, N T ^b   Daka, D E ^b   Hamudikuwanda, H ^b  

^a BINDURA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE EDUCATION   (Zimbabwe)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

Digestion; Intake; Legume; Microbial protein synthesis; Mucuna; Nutrient flow; Velvet bean

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOVIDAE; HYPARRHENIA; MUCUNA; MUCUNA DEERINGIANA; MUCUNA PRURIENS; OVIS ARIES; PHASEOLUS (ANGIOSPERM);

EID: 2942711636     PISSN: 01213784     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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