Water-extractable dry matter and neutral detergent fibre as indicators of whole tract digestibility in goats fed diets of different nutritive value

Livestock Research for Rural Development

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 13-24

  Buntha, Pheng ^a   Ty, Chhay ^a  

^a Centre for Livestock and Agriculture Development   (Cambodia)

Author keywords

Cassava; Foliages; Goats; Guinea grass; NDF; Nutritive value; Stylo; Water extraction; Water spinach

Indexed keywords

CAPRA HIRCUS; IPOMOEA; IPOMOEA AQUATICA; MANIHOT ESCULENTA; PANICUM MAXIMUM; SPINACIA OLERACEA; STYLOSANTHES GUIANENSIS;

EID: 33645224028     PISSN: 01213784     EISSN: 01213784     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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