Utilization of some forages as a protein source for growing goats by smallholder farmers

Livestock Research for Rural Development

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 15-23

  Nhan, Nguyen Thi Hong ^a  

^a CAN THO UNIVERSITY   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

Ceiba pentadra; Goats; Harvest rate; Hibiscus rosa sinensis; Leucaena leucocephala; Liveweight gain; Maize ear husk; Sesbania grandiflora

Indexed keywords

CAPRA HIRCUS; CEIBA; HIBISCUS; HIBISCUS ROSA-SINENSIS; LEUCAENA; LEUCAENA LEUCOCEPHALA; ROSA; SESBANIA; SESBANIA GRANDIFLORA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 3042627654     PISSN: 01213784     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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