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Body weight changes, heamatological and serum biochemical properties of West African dwarf rams fed ginger fortified diets
The effect of feeding diets fortified with 0, 0.5, 1.0 and 1.5% ginger powder on body weight changes, haematological and serum biochemical properties and described as T1, T2, T3 and T4 respectively was determined using sixteen 12-18 months old WAD rams weighing 15.86 + 0.03kg. The animals were group...
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2016
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