Supplementation of cottonseed meal on feed intake, digestibility, live weight and carcass parameters of Sidama goats

Livestock Science

Volumn 119, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 137-144

  Solomon, Matiwos ^a   Melaku, Solomon ^b   Tolera, Adugna ^c  

^a Dilla ATVET College   (Ethiopia)

^b HARAMAYA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^c HAWASSA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Body weight; Cottonseed meal; Digestibility; Feed intake; Sidama goats

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CAPRA HIRCUS; MICROPUS;

EID: 56549112569     PISSN: 18711413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.livsci.2008.03.011     Document Type: Article

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