Bodyweight and carcass characteristics of somali goats fed hay supplemented with graded levels of peanut cake and wheat bran mixture

Tropical Animal Health and Production

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 553-560

  Melaku, Solomon ^a   Betsha, Simret ^b  

^a HARAMAYA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b HAWASSA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Body weight; Carcass parameters; Peanut cake; Somali goats; Supplementation; Wheat bran

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; CALORIC INTAKE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIGESTION; DOSE RESPONSE; GOAT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PEANUT; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; WEIGHT GAIN; WHEAT;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ANIMALS; ARACHIS HYPOGAEA; BODY COMPOSITION; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DIGESTION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENERGY INTAKE; GOATS; MALE; NUTRITIVE VALUE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; TRITICUM; WEIGHT GAIN;

ARACHIS HYPOGAEA; CAPRA HIRCUS; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 50249181114     PISSN: 00494747     EISSN: 15737438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11250-008-9133-6     Document Type: Article

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