The assessment of the frequency of chews during rumination enables an estimation of rumination activity in hay-fed sheep

Journal of Animal Physiology and Animal Nutrition

Volumn 86, Issue 3-4, 2002, Pages 83-89

  Kaske, M ^a   Beyerbach, M ^b   Hailu, Y ^a   Gobel W ^a   Wagner, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

^b Institute of Biometry Epidemiology and Information Processing   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOVIDAE; OVIS ARIES;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; EATING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MASTICATION; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; RUMINANT STOMACH; SHEEP;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; EATING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MASTICATION; RUMEN; SHEEP;

EID: 0036018934     PISSN: 09312439     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0396.2002.00360.x     Document Type: Article

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