Forage plants as an alternative feed resource for sustainable pig production in the tropics: A review

Animal

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1298-1311

  Kambashi, B ^a,b   Boudry, C ^b   Picron, P ^b   Bindelle, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KINSHASA   (Congo)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

digestibility; forage; pigs; tropics

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; SUIDAE;

ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; CLASSIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PIG; PLANT; PROCEDURES; TROPIC CLIMATE;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; PLANTS; SWINE; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 84904729451     PISSN: 17517311     EISSN: 1751732X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1751731114000561     Document Type: Review

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