Are nutritional adaptations of wild deer relevant to commercial venison production?

Ecoscience

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 462-471

  Hudson, Robert J ^a   Jeon, Byong Tae ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b Konkuk University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Deer farming; Economics; Feeding; Metabolic cycles; Nutrition; Tannins

Indexed keywords

FEEDING; FOOD SUPPLEMENTATION; LIVESTOCK FARMING; NUTRITIONAL STATUS;

ANIMALIA; CERVIDAE; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0346907343     PISSN: 11956860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11956860.2003.11682794     Document Type: Article

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