Feeding value of enset (Ensete ventricosum), Desmodium intortum hay and untreated or urea and calcium oxide treated wheat straw for sheep

Journal of Animal Physiology and Animal Nutrition

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 94-104

  Nurfeta, A ^a,b   Tolera, A ^b   Eik, L O ^a   Sundstol F ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b HAWASSA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Digestibility; Enset fractions; Ethiopia; Nitrogen balance; Urea lime treatment; Wheat straw

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM DERIVATIVE; CALCIUM OXIDE; OXIDE; UREA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DIGESTION; ENERGY METABOLISM; FERMENTATION; FOOD ANALYSIS; LEGUME; MALE; METABOLISM; MUSACEAE; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; PROTEIN INTAKE; RUMINANT STOMACH; SHEEP; WHEAT;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ANIMALS; CALCIUM COMPOUNDS; DIETARY PROTEINS; DIGESTION; ENERGY METABOLISM; FABACEAE; FERMENTATION; FOOD ANALYSIS; MALE; MUSACEAE; NUTRITIVE VALUE; OXIDES; PLANT LEAVES; RUMEN; SHEEP; TRITICUM; UREA;

DESMODIUM INTORTUM; ENSETE VENTRICOSUM; OVIS ARIES; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 58149330355     PISSN: 09312439     EISSN: 14390396     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0396.2007.00784.x     Document Type: Article

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