Diet effect on the daily feeding behaviour, frequency and characteristics of meals in dairy goats

Livestock Production Science

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 29-37

  Abijaoude J A ^a   Morand Fehr, P ^a   Tessier, J ^a   Schmidely, Ph ^a   Sauvant, D ^a  

^a AGROPARISTECH   (France)

Author keywords

Feeding behaviour; Forage concentrate ratio; Goat; Meal characteristics; Meal frequency; Starch source

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034658181     PISSN: 03016226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-6226(00)00173-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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