Effects of urea-molasses multi-nutrient blocks as a dietary supplement for dairy cows in two milk production systems in North-Western Ethiopia

Livestock Research for Rural Development

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Tekeba, E ^a,b   Wurzinger, M ^b   Zollitsch, W ^b  

^a Andassa Livestock Research Centre (ALRC)   (Ethiopia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

Author keywords

Crossbred cattle; Feed; Fogera; Market oriented; Subsistence

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864720285     PISSN: 01213784     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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