Intake of ashe juniper and live oak by angora goats

Journal of Range Management

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 161-165

  Riddle, R R ^c   Taylor Jr , C A ^a   Huston, J E ^a   Kothmann, M M ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c USDA NRCS   (United States)

Author keywords

Capra; Digestibility; Edwards Plateau; Juniperus ashei; Nitrogen; Quereus virginiana

Indexed keywords

FOOD INTAKE; FORAGE; NUTRITIVE VALUE; UNGULATE;

ANIMALIA; CAPRA; CAPRA HIRCUS; CYNODON; CYNODON DACTYLON; JUNIPERUS; JUNIPERUS ASHEI; MEDICAGO SATIVA; QUERCUS; QUERCUS VIRGINIANA; UNGULATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032971346     PISSN: 0022409X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4003511     Document Type: Article

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