Feeding behaviour, intake and performance in beef cattle managed in groups;Comportement alimentaire, quantités ingérées et performances des bovins conduits en groupe

Productions Animales

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 151-163

  Ingrand, S ^a  

^a UMR1213 HERBIVORES   (France)

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