Silage quality, dry matter intake and digestibility by West African dwarf sheep of Guinea grass (Panicum maximum cv Ntchisi) harvested at 4 and 12 week regrowths

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 8, Issue 16, 2009, Pages 3983-3988

  Babayemi, O J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Chemical composition; Guinea grass; Intake and digestibility; Sheep; Silage quality

Indexed keywords

ACIDITY; AFRICA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGESTION; DWARFISM; FOOD QUALITY; GRASS; GUINEA; HARVEST; MALE; NONHUMAN; PASTURE; SHEEP; SILAGE; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALIA; OVIS ARIES; PANICUM MAXIMUM; POACEAE;

EID: 70349168516     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16845315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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