Feed intake and utilization in sheep fed graded levels of dried moringa (Moringa stenopetala) leaf as a supplement to Rhodes grass hay

Tropical Animal Health and Production

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 511-517

  Gebregiorgis, Feleke ^a   Negesse, Tegene ^a   Nurfeta, Ajebu ^a  

^a HAWASSA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Intake; Moringa stenopetala; Nutrient utilization; Sheep; Supplementation

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CHEMISTRY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIGESTION; DRUG EFFECT; MALE; METABOLISM; MORINGA; POACEAE; PROTEIN INTAKE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SHEEP;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; DIET; DIETARY PROTEINS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DIGESTION; MALE; MORINGA; NITROGEN; POACEAE; SHEEP, DOMESTIC;

CHLORIS GAYANA; MORINGA; MORINGA STENOPETALA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 84856707847     PISSN: 00494747     EISSN: 15737438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11250-011-9927-9     Document Type: Article

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