Nutritional value and intake of prickly pear by goats

Journal of Range Management

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 139-143

  McMillan, Zeno ^a   Scott, Cody B ^a   Taylor Jr , Charles A ^a   Huston, J Ed ^a  

^a ANGELO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Browsing; Diet preference; Food novelty; Forage digestibility; Learning; Nitrogen balance; Opuntia; Protein

Indexed keywords

CACTUS; FOOD PREFERENCE; FORAGE; GOAT; NUTRITIVE VALUE; RANGELAND;

(SOUTHWEST); UNITED STATES;

CACTACEAE; CAPRA HIRCUS; MEDICAGO SATIVA; OPUNTIA; OPUNTIA FISCUS-INDICA; OPUNTIA MACRORHIZA; OPUNTIA RUFIDA; PYRUS COMMUNIS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036236774     PISSN: 0022409X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4003349     Document Type: Article

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