Performance of growing heifers fed urea treated fresh rice straw supplemented with fresh, ensiled or pelleted cassava foliage

Livestock Science

Volumn 102, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 130-139

  Khang, Duong Nguyen ^a   Wiktorsson, Hans ^b  

^a NONG LAM UNIVERSITY   (Viet Nam)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cassava foliage; Feed intake; Growing heifers; Liver enzymes; Thyroid gland hormones

Indexed keywords

MANIHOT ESCULENTA; PENNISETUM PURPUREUM;

EID: 33744945259     PISSN: 18711413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.livsci.2005.12.003     Document Type: Article

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