Effect of different levels of supplementary potassium nitrate replacing urea on growth rates and methane production in goats fed rice straw, mimosa foliage and water spinach

Livestock Research for Rural Development

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Sophea, Iv ^a   Preston, T R ^a  

^a Kampong Cham National School of Agriculture   (Cambodia)

Author keywords

Climate change; Eructed gas; Nitrite; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

CAPRA HIRCUS; IPOMOEA AQUATICA; MIMOSA; SPINACIA OLERACEA;

EID: 79953770249     PISSN: None     EISSN: 01213784     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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