Nutrition of draught oxen in semi-arid west Africa. 1. Energy expenditure by oxen working on soils of different consistencies

Animal Science

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 209-215

  Fall, A ^a   Pearson, R A ^a   Lawrence, P R ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b Sahelian Centre   (Niger)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Draught animals; Energy expenditure; Work

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031532998     PISSN: 13577298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1357729800015757     Document Type: Article

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