Determination of nutritive value of citrus tree leaves for sheep using in vitro gas production technique

Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 529-535

  Karabulut, Ali ^a   Canbolat, Onder ^a   Ozkan, Cagri O ^b   Kamalak, Adem ^b  

^a ULUDAG UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b KAHRAMANMARAS SUTCU IMAM UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Citrus leaves; Condensed tannin; Digestibility; Metabolizable energy; PEG

Indexed keywords

CITRUS; CITRUS AURANTIUM; CITRUS DELICIOSA; CITRUS LIMON; CITRUS MAXIMA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 34247109962     PISSN: 10112367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5713/ajas.2007.529     Document Type: Review

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