Digestion and passage rates of grass hays by llamas, alpacas, goats, rabbits, and horses

Small Ruminant Research

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 149-154

  Sponheimer, Matt ^a   Robinson, Todd ^b   Roeder, Beverly ^b   Hammer, Jordan ^b   Ayliffe, Linda ^a   Passey, Ben ^a   Cerling, Thure ^a   Dearing, Denise ^a   Ehleringer, Jim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

C3 photosynthesis; C4 photosynthesis; Camelids; Digestibility; Passage rates

Indexed keywords

BOVIDAE; BROMUS; BROMUS INERMIS; CAPRA HIRCUS; CYNODON; CYNODON DACTYLON; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS; LAMA (CAMEL); ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; POACEAE;

EID: 0344520491     PISSN: 09214488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0921-4488(03)00002-6     Document Type: Article

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