Use of deciduous woody species as a diet supplement for goats grazing Mediterranean shrublands during the dry season

Animal Feed Science and Technology

Volumn 80, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 267-279

  Papachristou, T G ^a   Platis, P D ^a   Papanastasis, V P ^b   Tsiouvaras, C N ^b  

^a FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Greece)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Animal agriculture; Browse intake; Greece; Preference; Rangelands

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033618892     PISSN: 03778401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-8401(99)00056-5     Document Type: Article

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