Taro (Colocacia esculenta) leaves as a protein source for growing pigs in central Vietnam

Livestock Research for Rural Development

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2009, Pages

  Hang, Du Thanh ^a   Preston, T R ^b  

^a HUE UNIVERSITY   (Viet Nam)

^b TOSOLY   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Cooking; Digestibility; Ensiling; Mong Cai; N retention; Pigs

Indexed keywords

COLOCASIA ESCULENTA; MANIHOT ESCULENTA; PIERIS BRASSICAE; SUIDAE;

EID: 70450160019     PISSN: None     EISSN: 01213784     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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