Chemical composition, rumen degradability, protein utilization and lactation response to selected tree leaves as substitute of cottonseed cake in the diet of dairy goats

Animal Feed Science and Technology

Volumn 154, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 160-168

  Khan, N A ^a,b   Habib, G ^b   Ullah, G ^c  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b THE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

^c Livestock Research Station Jaba   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Goats; Grewia oppositifolia; Milk production; N balance; Rumen degradability; Ziziphus mauritiana

Indexed keywords

CAPRA HIRCUS; GREWIA; MICROPUS; ZEA MAYS; ZIZIPHUS; ZIZIPHUS MAURITIANA;

EID: 70350782324     PISSN: 03778401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2009.08.011     Document Type: Article

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