Intake and digestibility by pigs fed different levels of sweet potato leaves and water spinach as supplements to a mixture of rice bran and cassava root meal

Livestock Research for Rural Development

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 86-

  Malavanh, Chittavong ^a   Preston, T R ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF LAOS   (Laos)

Author keywords

Cassava root meal; Digestibility; Intake; Pigs; Rice bran; Sweet potato leaves; Water spinach

Indexed keywords

IPOMOEA AQUATICA; IPOMOEA BATATAS; MANIHOT ESCULENTA; SPINACIA OLERACEA; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 33745641898     PISSN: 01213784     EISSN: 01213784     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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