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Digestibility of Theobroma cacao pods when fed to cattle

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 March 2009

John V. Bateman
Affiliation:
Inter-American Institute of Agricultural Sciences of the O.A.S., Turrialba, Costa Rica
Olga Fresnillo
Affiliation:
Inter-American Institute of Agricultural Sciences of the O.A.S., Turrialba, Costa Rica

Extract

1. Six heifers were used in eight experiments to determine the digestibility of cacao-pod meal when fed in all-ground mixes of rice bran and rice bran with cottonseed meal.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1967

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