Taro (Colocacia esculenta) silage and water spinach as supplements to rice bran for growing pigs

Livestock Research for Rural Development

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Giang, Nguyen Tuyet ^a   Preston, T R ^a  

^a An Giang University (AGU)   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

Digestibility; Diuretic effect; Latin Square design; Nitrogen utilization

Indexed keywords

COLOCASIA ESCULENTA; IPOMOEA AQUATICA; OROXYLUM INDICUM; SPINACIA OLERACEA; SUIDAE;

EID: 79952683309     PISSN: None     EISSN: 01213784     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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