Effect of three different species of hay on dry-matter intake and serum cortisol of ewes

Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1297-1302

  Sekine, Junjiro ^a   Abdel Rahman, Mootaz A M ^a,b   Ismail, A El Moez A ^a,b   Dosoky, R M ^a,b   Kamel, H E M ^a,c   Hishinuma, M ^a  

^a TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Assiut University   (Egypt)

^c Alexandria University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Dry matter Intake; Forage; Serum Cortisol; Sheep

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; AVENA; AVENA SATIVA; LOLIUM; LOLIUM PERENNE; MEDICAGO; MEDICAGO SATIVA; OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0141590362     PISSN: 10112367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5713/ajas.2003.1297     Document Type: Article

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