Effects of grain supplementation on the intake and digestibility of range diets consumed by goats

Small Ruminant Research

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 49-56

  Kawas, J R ^a   Schacht, W H ^b   Shelton, J M ^b   Olivares, E ^a   Lu, C D ^c  

^a Centro Regional de Alergia   (Mexico)

^b ANGELO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

Author keywords

Diet selection; Digestibility; Goats; Intake; Range

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032876668     PISSN: 09214488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0921-4488(99)00040-1     Document Type: Article

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