Effect of season and location on the crop contents of local and improved scavenging hens in northern Vietnam

Tropical Animal Health and Production

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 121-129

  Minh, D V ^a   Lindberg, J E ^b   Ogle, B ^b  

^a National Institute of Animal Husbandry Hanoi   (Viet Nam)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Crop contents; Local and improved hens; Location; Nutrient intakes; Scavenging; Season

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CALCIUM; PHOSPHORUS; PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; AVIAN CROP; BODY WEIGHT; CHEMISTRY; CHICKEN; EATING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; RURAL POPULATION; SEASON; VIET NAM;

AMINO ACIDS; ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CALCIUM; CHICKENS; CROP, AVIAN; EATING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; PHOSPHORUS; PROTEINS; RURAL POPULATION; SEASONS; VIETNAM;

HEXAPODA; INSECTA;

EID: 33646512653     PISSN: 00494747     EISSN: 15737438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11250-006-4358-8     Document Type: Article

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