Intake, digestibility and N retention by growing pigs fed ensiled or dried Taro (Colocasia esculenta) leaves as the protein supplement in basal diets of rice bran/broken rice or rice bran/cassava root meal

Livestock Research for Rural Development

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2007, Pages

  Ty, Chhay ^a   Borin, Khieu ^a   Preston, T R ^b   Sokveasna, Mea ^a  

^a Center for Livestock and Agriculture Development CelAgrid   (Cambodia)

^b University of Tropical Agriculture   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Colocasia esculenta; Digestibility; Ensiling; Leaves; N balance; Pigs; Sun drying; Taro

Indexed keywords

COLOCASIA ESCULENTA; MANIHOT ESCULENTA; SUIDAE;

EID: 34548664146     PISSN: None     EISSN: 01213784     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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