Effect of supplementing urea treated rice straw and molasses with different forage species on the performance of lambs

Small Ruminant Research

Volumn 78, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 134-143

  Hue, Khuc Thi ^a   Van, Do Thi Thanh ^b   Ledin, Inger ^c  

^a Goat and Rabbit Research Center Sontay   (Viet Nam)

^b Institute of Animal Husbandry   (Viet Nam)

^c SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Artocarpus heterophyllus; Digestibility; Growth; Lambs; Manihot esculenta Crantz; Molasses; Parasites; Stylosanthes guianensis; Urea treated rice straw

Indexed keywords

ARTOCARPUS ALTILIS; ARTOCARPUS HETEROPHYLLUS; MANIHOT ESCULENTA; OVIS ARIES; STYLOSANTHES; STYLOSANTHES GUIANENSIS;

EID: 47949114701     PISSN: 09214488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.smallrumres.2008.05.010     Document Type: Article

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