Comparative preference by sheep and goats for Graminaeae forages varying in chemical composition

Small Ruminant Research

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 147-156

  Hadjigeorgiou, I E ^a,b   Gordon, I J ^a   Milne, J A ^a  

^a SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Goat; Preferences; Roughage; Sheep; Voluntary intake

Indexed keywords

CAPRA HIRCUS; HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE; LOLIUM; LOLIUM PERENNE; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0037812897     PISSN: 09214488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0921-4488(03)00094-4     Document Type: Article

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