Development of a methodology for studying feeding station behaviour of grazing ewes

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 55, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 307-316

  Roguet, C ^a   Prache, S ^a   Petit, M ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Feeding station; Grazing; Sheep feeding and nutrition; Test device

Indexed keywords

FEEDING BEHAVIOUR; FEEDING STATION; GRAZING; METHODOLOGY; SHEEP;

OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0031888948     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1591(97)00044-0     Document Type: Article

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