Seasonal energetic parameters of free-grazing bison (Bison bison)

Canadian Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 663-671

  Rutley, B D ^a   Hudson, R J ^b  

^a Ctr for Agric Diversification   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bison; Excretion parameters; Grazing; Intake; Metabolizable energy requirements; Seasonality

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034346209     PISSN: 00083984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4141/A99-114     Document Type: Article

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