Responses to a Pennisetum purpureum (Napier grass) basal diet harvested at two different heights and fed with three levels of Leucaena forage to crossbred dairy cows in the subhumid tropics
Smallholder dairy production based on zero-grazed Napier grass (Pennisetum purpureum CV Bana) fed to crossbred Bos taurus X Bos indicus cows has been introduced to tropical sub-humid East Africa. Leucaena leucocephala forage offers a cheap convenient source of supplementry protein. Thirty-six Ayrshi...
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| Format: | Conference Paper |
| Language: | Inglés |
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International Livestock Centre for Africa
1992
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| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/49956 |
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