Chemical composition of Mopane worm sampled at three sites in Botswana and subjected to different processing

Tropical Animal Health and Production

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 935-942

  Madibela, O R ^a,b   Mokwena, K K ^a   Nsoso, S J ^a   Thema, T F ^a  

^a BOTSWANA COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE   (Botswana)

^b LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Condensed tannins; Crude protein; Degutting; Livestock; Mopane worm

Indexed keywords

LIGNIN; NITROGEN; PROANTHOCYANIDIN; PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BOTSWANA; CHEMISTRY; LARVA; MOTH; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; BOTSWANA; LARVA; LIGNIN; LINEAR MODELS; MOTHS; NITROGEN; PROANTHOCYANIDINS; PROTEINS;

COLOPHOSPERMUM MOPANE;

EID: 70349682890     PISSN: 00494747     EISSN: 15737438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11250-008-9282-7     Document Type: Article

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