Effects of reducing access to food on intake and feeding behaviour of loose-housed dry Charolais cows

Animal Research

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 145-148

  Ingrand, Stéphane ^a   Agabriel, Jacques ^a   Dedieu, Benoît ^a   Lassalas, Jacques ^a  

^a UMR1213 HERBIVORES   (France)

Author keywords

Beef cow; Competition for feeding; Feeding behaviour; Food intake; Group feeding

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346508892     PISSN: 16273583     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/animres:2001122     Document Type: Article

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