Journal of Animal and Veterinary Advances

Year: 2009
Volume: 8
Issue: 10
Page No. 2004 - 2008

Effect of Feed Supplements on Weight Gain and Carcass Characteristics of Intact Male Mubende Goats Fed Elephant Grass (Pennisetum purpureum) ad libitum in Uganda

Authors : K.O. Lapenga, C. Ebong and J. Opuda-Asibo

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