Nutrient composition of mistletoe (Viscum album) and its nutritive value for ruminant animals

Agroforestry Systems

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 77-87

  Umucalılar, H Derya ^a   Gulsen N ^a   Coskun B ^a   Hayirli, A ^b   Dural, H ^a  

^a SELCUK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ATATÜRK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Gas production; Kinetics parameters; Mistletoe; Nutrient digestibility; Nutritive value

Indexed keywords

DIGESTIBILITY; DRY MATTER; GAS PRODUCTION; HEMIPARASITE; NUTRIENT; NUTRITIVE VALUE; ORGANIC MATTER; RUMINANT; SHRUB;

EURASIA; TURKEY;

ANIMALIA; BOVIDAE; PRUNUS; PRUNUS DOMESTICA; PRUNUS DULCIS; SALIX; SALIX ALBA; VISCUM ALBUM;

EID: 34548557631     PISSN: 01674366     EISSN: 15729680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10457-007-9089-y     Document Type: Article

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