How Readily Will Sheep Walk for a Preferred Forage?

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 965-971

  Dumont, B ^a   Dutronc, A ^a   Petit, M ^a  

^a UMR1213 HERBIVORES   (France)

Author keywords

Food Preferences; Learning; Sheep; Walking

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; POACEAE; RANDOMIZATION; SHEEP; STANDARD; STATISTICS; WALKING;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCES; POACEAE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SHEEP; WALKING;

EID: 0032040060     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/1998.764965x     Document Type: Article

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