Performance of Sudanese desert lambs fed graded levels of water melon (Citrullus lanatus) seed cake instead of groundnut cake

Pakistan Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 525-529

  Beshir, Amani A ^a   Yagoub, Yagoub M ^b   Babiker, Salih Ahmed ^c  

^a University of Kassala   (Sudan)

^b AL NEELAIN UNIVERSITY   (Sudan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KHARTOUM   (Sudan)

Author keywords

Performance; Sudanese desert lambs; Water melon seed cake

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FOOD COMPOSITION; LAMB; MALE; NONHUMAN; PEANUT; PROTEIN INTAKE; SUDAN; WATERMELON; WEIGHT GAIN;

CITRULLUS LANATUS; CUCUMIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 60849120115     PISSN: 16805194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/pjn.2009.525.529     Document Type: Article

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