The energy costs of walking on the level and on negative and positive slopes in the Granadina goat (Capra hircus)

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 73-81

  Lachica, M ^a   Prieto, C ^a   Aguilera, J F ^a  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Energy cost; Goat; Locomotion

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CLIMBING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY COST; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; GOAT; LOCOMOTION; NONHUMAN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; THERMOGENESIS; TREADMILL; WALKING;

EID: 0030949136     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0007114500002890     Document Type: Article

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