Intake, digestibility and passage rate in Menz sheep fed tef (Eragrostis tef) straw supplemented with dried leaves of selected multipurpose trees, their mixtures or wheat bran

Small Ruminant Research

Volumn 56, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 139-149

  Melaku, Solomon ^a   Peters, K J ^b   Tegegne, A ^c  

^a HARAMAYA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Digestibility; Menz sheep; Multipurpose trees; Passage rate; Tef straw

Indexed keywords

ACACIA; ACACIA ANGUSTISSIMA; ANIMALIA; ERAGROSTIS; ERAGROSTIS TEF; LEUCAENA; LEUCAENA PALLIDA; OVIS ARIES; SESBANIA; SESBANIA SESBAN; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 9644270643     PISSN: 09214488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.smallrumres.2004.06.008     Document Type: Article

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