Feed intake, digestibility, body weight and carcass parameters of Afar rams fed tef (Eragrostis tef) straw supplemented with graded levels of concentrate mix

Tropical Animal Health and Production

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 599-606

  Hagos, Tesfay ^a   Melaku, Solomon ^b  

^a Alamata Agricultural Research Center   (Ethiopia)

^b HARAMAYA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Afar rams; Body weight; Carcass; Concentrate mix; Digestibility; Feed intake; Tef straw

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; DIGESTION; EATING; ERAGROSTIS; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SHEEP; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ANIMALS; BODY COMPOSITION; DIET; DIGESTION; EATING; ERAGROSTIS; MALE; SHEEP; WEIGHT GAIN;

ERAGROSTIS; ERAGROSTIS TEF; SESAMUM INDICUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 62949085423     PISSN: 00494747     EISSN: 15737438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11250-008-9230-6     Document Type: Article

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