Energy expenditure of cattle walking on a flat terrain

Animal Science

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 39-44

  Mendez D G ^a,b   Di Marco, O N ^a   Corva, P M ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE MAR DEL PLATA   (Argentina)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TECNOLOGÍA AGROPECUARIA INTA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Cattle; Energy expenditure; Walking

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030210990     PISSN: 13577298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1357729800028265     Document Type: Article

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