Degradability of Andean range forages in llamas and sheep

Journal of Range Management

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 381-385

  Genin, Didier ^a,b   Tichit, Muriel ^a  

^a Inst Francais Rech Sci pour le D   (Bolivia)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Arid highlands; Bolivia; In sacco disappearance; Kinetics of degradation

Indexed keywords

DEGRADABILITY; DIGESTIBILITY; FORAGE; LLAMA; SHEEP;

ANDES; BOLIVIA;

LAMA (CAMEL); LAMA GLAMA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0030829527     PISSN: 0022409X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4003304     Document Type: Article

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