Voluntary intake, digestibility and nitrogen balance in spotted deer (Cervus nippon) fed forest by-product silage, oak leaf hay and commercial mixed ration

Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 702-705

  Jeon, B T ^a   Moon, S H ^a   Lee, S M ^a   Kim, K H ^a,b   Hudson, R J ^a,c  

^a Konkuk University   (South Korea)

^b National Institute of Animal Science   (South Korea)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Digestibility; Forest By product Silage; Intake; Nitrogen Balance; Spotted Deer

Indexed keywords

CERVIDAE; CERVUS; CERVUS AXIS; CERVUS NIPPON; POACEAE; QUERCUS;

EID: 0037680784     PISSN: 10112367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5713/ajas.2003.702     Document Type: Article

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