Effect of supplementation with urea or calcium nitrate and cassava leaf meal or fresh cassava leaf in an in vitro incubation using a basal substrate of sugar cane stalk

Livestock Research for Rural Development

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Phommasack, Outhen ^a   Preston, T R ^b   Leng, R A ^c  

^a Savannakhet University   (Laos)

^b TOSOLY   (Colombia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cassava; Greenhouse gases; HCN; Methane

Indexed keywords

BOVIDAE; MANIHOT ESCULENTA; SACCHARUM;

EID: 79951572869     PISSN: None     EISSN: 01213784     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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