Nutritive value of some non-conventional feed resources of Ethiopia determined by chemical analyses and an in vitro gas method

Animal Feed Science and Technology

Volumn 154, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 204-217

  Negesse, T ^a   Makkar, H P S ^b   Becker, K ^b  

^a HAWASSA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Agro industrial by products; Metabolizable energy; Nutritive value; Organic matter digestion; Secondary compounds

Indexed keywords

AGAVE SISALANA; ALLIUM CEPA; BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. CAPITATA; CACTACEAE; CARICA PAPAYA; LEMNA; MORINGA; MORINGA STENOPETALA; PERSEA AMERICANA; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 70350566658     PISSN: 03778401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2009.09.010     Document Type: Article

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