The potential of replacing conventional dairy supplements with forage legume-based diets in Zimbabwe’s smallholder dairy sector
The effect of replacing commercial supplements with isoenergetic and isonitrogenous velvet bean-, cowpea and lablab-based supplements on milk yield, milk quality and economic returns in smallholder crossbred dairy cows was investigated in the 2013 and 2014 dry seasons. Using 3 × 3 Latin square desig...
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| Format: | Journal Article |
| Language: | Inglés |
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National Inquiry Services Center
2016
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| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/77597 |
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