The role of legume forages as supplements to low quality roughages - ILRI experience
Supplementation of basal diets with multipurpose trees (MPTs) increases essential nutrients available to rumen microbes, increases rate of passage of particulate matter by 23-53 percent and of liquid matter by 9-43 percent. Supplementing teff straw with graded levels of cowpea or lablab significantl...
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| Format: | Journal Article |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Elsevier
1997
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| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/28198 |
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