Feed intake, digestibility and body weight change in Farta sheep fed hay supplemented with rice bran and/or noug seed (Guizotia abyssinica) meal

Tropical Animal Health and Production

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 507-515

  Nega, Abebaw ^a   Melaku, Solomon ^b  

^a South Gondar Agricultural and Rural Development Office   (Ethiopia)

^b HARAMAYA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Body weight; Digestibility; Farta sheep; Feed intake; Noug seed meal; Rice bran

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; ASTERACEAE; CHEMISTRY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIGESTION; DRUG EFFECT; EATING; MALE; PLANT SEED; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RICE; SHEEP; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ANIMALS; ASTERACEAE; DIET; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DIGESTION; EATING; MALE; ORYZA SATIVA; SEEDS; SHEEP; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMALIA; GUIZOTIA ABYSSINICA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 62949143884     PISSN: 00494747     EISSN: 15737438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11250-008-9215-5     Document Type: Article

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