Observations on scavenging Local (indigenous) and Tam Hoang (exotic) chickens given free access (when confined at night) to duckweed (Lemnaceae) offered alone or mixed with rice bran

Livestock Research for Rural Development

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 119-124

  Rodriguez, Lylian ^a   Preston, T R ^a  

^a NONG LAM UNIVERSITY   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

Duckweed; Ecotypes; Feed intake; Feed selection; Indigenous chickens; Rural poultry; Scavenging

Indexed keywords

ARACEAE; AVES; GALLUS GALLUS; LEMNA; MANIHOT ESCULENTA; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 3042664883     PISSN: 01213784     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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