Effects of supplementation with foliages of selected multipurpose trees, their mixtures or wheat bran on feed intake, plasma enzyme activities, live weight and scrotal circumference gains in Menz sheep

Livestock Production Science

Volumn 89, Issue 2-3, 2004, Pages 253-264

  Melaku, Solomon ^a   Peters, Kurt J ^b   Tegegne, Azage ^c  

^a HARAMAYA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Enzyme activity; Menz sheep; Multipurpose trees; Supplementation; Tef straw

Indexed keywords

ACACIA; ACACIA ANGUSTISSIMA; ANIMALIA; ERAGROSTIS; ERAGROSTIS TEF; LEUCAENA; LEUCAENA PALLIDA; OVIS ARIES; SESBANIA; SESBANIA SESBAN; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 5144224904     PISSN: 03016226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.livprodsci.2004.01.003     Document Type: Article

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