Nutritive value of some herbage for dromedary camels in the central arid zone of Iran

Tropical Animal Health and Production

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 617-622

  Towhidi, Armin ^a   Saberifar, Tannaz ^a   Dirandeh, Essa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Camel; Chemical composition; Digestibility; Herbage; Palatability

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CAMEL; DIGESTION; IRAN; MALE; METABOLISM; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PLANT; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; CAMELS; DIGESTION; IRAN; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; NUTRITIVE VALUE; PLANTS;

ALHAGI CAMELORUM; ARTEMISIA; ARTEMISIA SIEBERI; ATRIPLEX; ATRIPLEX LENTIFORMIS; CAMELIDAE; CAMELUS DROMEDARIUS; HALOXYLON PERSICUM; HAMMADA; ROSMARINUS OFFICINALIS; SALSOLA; SEIDLITZIA ROSMARINUS; SUAEDA FRUTICOSA; TAMARIX;

EID: 79551708520     PISSN: 00494747     EISSN: 15737438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11250-010-9741-9     Document Type: Article

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