Nutritional value of some feedstuffs used in the diet of captive capybaras

Five pen-raised adult female capybaras were used in five digestibility trials in a Latin square design, to determine, for capybaras, the nutritional values of Cameroon grass (Pennisetum purpureum cv. Cameroon); Napier grass (P. purpureum cv. Napier); corn grain; cassava hay, comprising leaves and st...

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Main Authors: Djalma Nóbrega Ferreira, Alcester Mendes, Sérgio Luiz Gama Nogueira-Filho
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Zootecnia 2012-10-01
Series:Revista Brasileira de Zootecnia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-35982012001000009