Investigation of a 'fibre appetite' in sheep fed a 'long fibre-free' diet

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 52, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 79-86

  Campion, D P ^a   Leek, B F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Fibre; Pseudorumination; Rumination; Sheep

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030914883     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1591(96)01097-0     Document Type: Article

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