Effects of moringa and bamboo leaves on groundnut hay utilization by west african dwarf goats

Livestock Research for Rural Development

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Asaolu, V O ^a   Odeyinka, S M ^b   Akinbamijo, O O ^c   Sodeinde, F G ^a  

^a LADOKE AKINTOLA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Nigeria)

^b OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^c African Union Intl Bur Anim Res   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Digestibility; Intake; Mineral composition; Nitrogen balance; Nutrients; Substitution

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ARACHIS HYPOGAEA; CAPRA HIRCUS; MORINGA;

EID: 77953777044     PISSN: None     EISSN: 01213784     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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