Nutritional composition of lentil straw, vetch hay, olive leaves, and saltbush leaves and their digestibility as measured in fat-tailed sheep

Small Ruminant Research

Volumn 96, Issue 2-3, 2011, Pages 126-135

  Abbeddou, S ^a,b   Rihawi, S ^b   Hess, H D ^c   Iniguez L ^b   Mayer, A C ^a   Kreuzer, M ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH IN THE DRY AREAS ICARDA   (Syrian Arab Republic)

^c AGROSCOPE LIEBEFELD POSIEUX RESEARCH STATION ALP   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Awassi; Forage; Metabolizable energy; Ruminal degradability; Syria

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ATRIPLEX; ATRIPLEX HALIMUS; HORDEUM; HORDEUM VULGARE; LENS CULINARIS; OLEA EUROPAEA; OVIS ARIES; SARCOBATUS VERMICULATUS; VICIA; VICIA SATIVA; VICIA SATIVA SUBSP. NIGRA;

EID: 79953230805     PISSN: 09214488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.smallrumres.2010.11.017     Document Type: Article

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