Determination of digestibility of almond hull in sheep

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 10, Issue 15, 2011, Pages 3022-3026

  Yalchi, Taher ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MOHAGHEGH ARDABILI   (Iran)

Author keywords

Almond hull; By product; Chemical composition; Digestibility; In vivo

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; CRUDE PROTEIN; NONFIBROUS CARBOHYDRATE; ORGANIC MATTER; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACID DETERGENT FIBER; ALFALFA; ALMOND; ALMOND HULL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGESTION; HAY; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; NEUTRAL DETERGENT FIBER; NONHUMAN; SACCO STUDY; SHEEP; TYPES OF STUDY;

MEDICAGO SATIVA; OVIS ARIES; PRUNUS DULCIS;

EID: 80051545234     PISSN: 16845315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5897/ajb10.1631     Document Type: Article

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