Feed intake, digestion kinetics and rumen volatile fatty acids in Menz rams supplemented with Lablab purpureus or graded levels of Leucaena pallida 14203 and Sesbania sesban 1198

Animal Feed Science and Technology

Volumn 117, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 61-73

  Melaku, Solomon ^a  

^a HARAMAYA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Digestion kinetics; Feed intake; Lablab purpureus, Leucaena pallida; Menz rams; Sesbania sesban; Volatile fatty acids

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ERAGROSTIS; ERAGROSTIS TEF; LABLAB PURPUREUS; LEUCAENA; LEUCAENA PALLIDA; SESBANIA; SESBANIA SESBAN;

EID: 4744344333     PISSN: 03778401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2004.07.016     Document Type: Article

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