Food intake, digestibility and rumen fermentation in reindeer fed baled timothy silage in summer and winter

Journal of Agricultural Science

Volumn 127, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 517-523

  Aagnes, T H ^a,b   Blix, A S ^a   Mathiesen, S D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b Directorate of Reindeer Husbandry   (Norway)

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EID: 0000066243     PISSN: 00218596     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0021859600078746     Document Type: Article

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