Growth and carcass characteristics of male Sahelian goats fed leaves or pods of Pterocarpus lucens or Acacia senegal

Livestock Science

Volumn 117, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 192-202

  Sanon, H O ^a   Kabore Zoungrana C ^b   Ledin, I ^c  

^a CRREA de l'Ouest   (Burkina Faso)

^b Université Nazi Boni   (Burkina Faso)

^c SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

A. senegal; Carcass characteristics; Feed intake; Goat; Growth; P. lucens; Parasite resistance

Indexed keywords

ACACIA; ACACIA SENEGAL; CAPRA HIRCUS; MICROPUS; PTEROCARPUS; PTEROCARPUS LUCENS; SCHOENEFELDIA GRACILIS;

EID: 48749102013     PISSN: 18711413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.livsci.2007.12.011     Document Type: Article

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