Intake, digestibility, methane and heat production in bison, wapiti and white-tailed deer

Canadian Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 681-691

  Galbraith, J K ^a   Mathison, G W ^a   Hudson, R J ^a   McAllister, T A ^b   Cheng, K J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b LETHBRIDGE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bison; Calorimetry; Deer; Digestibility; Methane; Wapiti

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032251987     PISSN: 00083984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4141/A97-089     Document Type: Article

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