Supplementation with groundnut haulms for sheep fattening in the West African Sahel

Tropical Animal Health and Production

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 207-216

  Ayantunde, A A ^a   Delfosse, P ^b   Fernandez Rivera, S ^c   Gerard, B ^b   Dan Gomma, A ^d  

^a Sahelian Centre   (Niger)

^b ICRISAT Sahelian Center   (Niger)

^c INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Ethiopia)

^d Institut National de Recherches Agronomiques du Niger   (Niger)

Author keywords

Crop residues; Ruminant nutrition; Sahel; Sheep fattening; Supplementation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CHEMISTRY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRINKING; EATING; FECES; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; NIGER; PEANUT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SHEEP; URINE;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; ARACHIS HYPOGAEA; BODY WEIGHT; DRINKING; EATING; FECES; MALE; NIGER; SHEEP; URINE;

ANIMALIA; ARACHIS HYPOGAEA; BOVIDAE; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 34248356761     PISSN: 00494747     EISSN: 15737438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11250-007-9009-1     Document Type: Article

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