Effects of food structure and nutritional quality and animal nutritional state on intake behaviour and food preferences of sheep

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 145-163

  Villalba, Juan J ^a   Provenza, Frederick D ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Food preference; Food quality; Food structure; Intake rate; Lambs; Nutritional state

Indexed keywords

FOOD PREFERENCE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT ARCHITECTURE; SHEEP;

HORDEUM; MEDICAGO; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0033526029     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1591(98)00238-X     Document Type: Article

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