Feeding Acacia etbaica and Dichrostachys cinerea fruits to smallholder goats in northern Ethiopia improves their performance during the dry season

Livestock Science

Volumn 119, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 31-41

  Yayneshet, T ^a,b   Eik, L O ^a   Moe, S R ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b MEKELLE UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Body weight; Dry matter intake; Exclosure; Supplement; Tigray

Indexed keywords

ACACIA; ACACIA ETBAICA; CAPRA HIRCUS; DICHROSTACHYS CINEREA;

EID: 56249111360     PISSN: 18711413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.livsci.2008.02.007     Document Type: Article

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