Nutritive value of Morinda lucida and its fermentation parameters in West African dwarf (WAD) sheep when fed as supplement to grass hay

Small Ruminant Research

Volumn 64, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 107-115

  Osakwe, I I ^a   Drochner, W ^b  

^a EBONYI STATE UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fermentation profiles; Morinda lucida; Nutritive value; WAD sheep

Indexed keywords

AGROSTIS; MORINDA; MORINDA LUCIDA; MORUS (PLANT); OVIS ARIES;

EID: 33646857680     PISSN: 09214488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.smallrumres.2005.04.008     Document Type: Article

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