Effect of banana foliage (Musa x paradisiaca) on nutrition, parasite infection and growth of lambs

Livestock Science

Volumn 131, Issue 2-3, 2010, Pages 234-239

  Marie Magdeleine, C ^a   Boval, M ^a   Philibert, L ^a   Borde, A ^b   Archimede H ^a  

^a Unite de Recherches Zootechniques Pointe a Pitre   (Guadeloupe)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Anthelmintic properties; Banana foliage; Gastrointestinal nematodes; Growth; Nutritional values; Small ruminants

Indexed keywords

BOVIDAE; DICHANTHIUM; HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; MUSA X PARADISIACA; NEMATODA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 80052033656     PISSN: 18711413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.livsci.2010.04.006     Document Type: Article

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