Feed blocks as a supplement for goat kids grazing natural Tunisian rangeland during the dry season

Animal Feed Science and Technology

Volumn 126, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 31-41

  Gasmi Boubaker, Aziza ^a   Kayouli, C ^a   Buldgen, A ^b  

^a INSTITUT NATIONAL AGRONOMIQUE DE TUNISIE   (Tunisia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Feed blocks; Gas production; Goat; PEG; Shrubs

Indexed keywords

CAPRA HIRCUS; ERICA ARBOREA; MYRTUS COMMUNIS; PHILLYREA ANGUSTIFOLIA; PISTACIA LENTISCUS; QUERCUS SUBER; VIBURNUM; VIBURNUM TINUS;

EID: 31944437394     PISSN: 03778401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2005.05.024     Document Type: Article

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