Gastrointestinal passage of Sahelian roughages in cattle, sheep and goats, and implications for livestock-mediated nutrient transfers

Animal Feed Science and Technology

Volumn 137, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 93-114

  Schlecht, Eva ^a   Richter, Hartmut ^a   Fernández Rivera, Salvador ^b   Becker, Klaus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^b INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Cattle; Goats; Nutrient transfer; Particle passage; Roughages; Sahel; Sheep

Indexed keywords

BOS; BOVIDAE; CAPRA HIRCUS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 34447502389     PISSN: 03778401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2006.11.001     Document Type: Article

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