Volatile oil contents of ashe and redberry juniper and its relationship to preference by Angora and Spanish goats

Journal of Range Management

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 35-41

  Riddle, Richard R ^a   Taylor Jr , Charles A ^b   Kothmann, M M ^a   Huston, J E ^c  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Texas A and M System   (United States)

Author keywords

Edwards Plateau; goats; Juniperus ashei; Juniperus pinchotii; preference; secondary plant chemicals

Indexed keywords

CAFETERIA; CAPRA; CAPRA HIRCUS; JUNIPERUS; JUNIPERUS ASHEI; JUNIPERUS PINCHOTII; CAPRA BIRCUS; CUPRESSACEAE; JUNIPERUS PINCHOTTI;

ASHE JUNIPER; FEEDING PREFERENCE;

EID: 0029661544     PISSN: 0022409X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4002722     Document Type: Article

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