Postingestive feedback from starch influences the ingestive behaviour of sheep consuming wheat straw

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 66, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 49-63

  Villalba, Juan J ^a   Provenza, Frederick D ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bite rate; Feeding behavior; Foraging behaviour; Intake rate; Sheep; Starch

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; MEDICAGO SATIVA; OVIS ARIES; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 0342680052     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1591(99)00081-7     Document Type: Article

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