Moringa oleifera and cottonseed cake as supplements for smallholder dairy cows fed Napier grass

Livestock Research for Rural Development

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 13-20

  Sarwatt, S V ^a   Milang'ha, M S ^a   Lekule, F P ^a   Madalla, N ^a  

^a SOKOINE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Dry matter degradability; Milk composition; Milk yield; Moringa oleifera

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS; FRAXINUS; MICROPUS; MORINGA; MORINGA OLEIFERA; PENNISETUM; PENNISETUM GLAUCUM; PENNISETUM PURPUREUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 2942724455     PISSN: 01213784     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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