Chemical composition and nutritive value of four varieties of cassava leaves grown in South-Western Nigeria

Journal of Animal Physiology and Animal Nutrition

Volumn 95, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 583-590

  Oni, A O ^a   Onwuka, C F I ^a   Arigbede, O M ^a   Anele, U Y ^a   Oduguwa, O O ^a   Onifade, O S ^a   Tan, Z L ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Nigeria)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Cassava; Fermentation; Forage; Leaf; Nutritive value; Rumen

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; FERMENTATION; MANIHOT; NIGERIA; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PLANT LEAF; TIME;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; FERMENTATION; MANIHOT; NIGERIA; NUTRITIVE VALUE; PLANT LEAVES; TIME FACTORS;

MANIHOT ESCULENTA;

EID: 80052877980     PISSN: 09312439     EISSN: 14390396     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0396.2010.01086.x     Document Type: Article

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