Nutritional value of aquatic ferns (Azolla filiculoides Lam. and Salvinia molesta Mitchell) in pigs

Animal Feed Science and Technology

Volumn 149, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 135-148

  Leterme, Pascal ^a   Londoño, Angela M ^a   Muñoz, Jaime E ^a   Súarez, Jeimmy ^a   Bedoya, Carlos A ^a   Souffrant, Wolfgang B ^b   Buldgen, André ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR FARM ANIMAL BIOLOGY FBN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Aquatic fern; Azolla filiculoides; Digestibility; Nutritional value; Pig; Salvinia molesta

Indexed keywords

AZOLLA; AZOLLA FILICULOIDES; FILICOPHYTA; GLYCINE MAX; SALVINIA; SALVINIA MOLESTA; SUIDAE; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 58849136677     PISSN: 03778401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2008.04.013     Document Type: Article

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