Nictemeral Pattern of Ruminal pH and Feeding Behavior of Dairy Goats Fed Diets with Different Roughage to Concentrate Ratio;Padrão Nictemeral do pH Ruminal e Comportamento Alimentar de Cabras Leiteiras Alimentadas com Dietas Contendo Diferentes Relações Volumoso:Concentrado

Revista Brasileira de Zootecnia

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1886-1892

  Gonçalves, André Luigi ^a   De Paula Lana, Rogério ^b   Rodrigues, Marcelo Teixeira ^b   Mendonça Vieira, Ricardo Augusto ^a,c   Queiroz, Augusto César ^b   Henrique, Douglas Sampaio ^b  

^a PROCABRA UFV ^*  (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF VIÇOSA   (Brazil)

^c Instituto Melon   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Etology; Fiber; Goats; Ruminal pH

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346789857     PISSN: 01004859     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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