Conditioned aversion to minimize Ferula communis intake by orphaned lambs

Journal of Range Management

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 436-439

  Landau, Serge Y ^a   Ben Moshe, Ezra ^a   Egber, Anat ^b   Shlosberg, Alan ^c   Bellaiche, Michel ^c   Perevolotsky, Avi ^a  

^a VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

^b EXTENSION SERVICE   (Israel)

^c KIMRON VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Conditioned food aversion; Poisonous plants; Sheep grazing

Indexed keywords

GRAZING; MORTALITY; SHEEP;

FERULA COMMUNIS; FOENICULUM VULGARE; LOLIUM; LOLIUM MULTIFLORUM; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0032834778     PISSN: 0022409X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4003769     Document Type: Article

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