Nutritive evaluation of Bambara groundnut (Vigna subterranean) pods, Seeds and hull as animal feeds

Journal of Applied Sciences Research

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 383-386

  Mahala, Ahmed Gofoon ^a   Abaker Mohammed, Abdallah Adam ^a  

^a Department of Architecture   (Sudan)

Author keywords

Bambara groundnut; Gas production characteristics; In vitro digestibility

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953525689     PISSN: 1816157X     EISSN: 1819544X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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