The effect of increasing dietary fibre on feeding, rumination and oral stereotypies in captive giraffes (Giraffa camelopardalis)

Animal Welfare

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 281-290

  Baxter, E ^a   Plowman, A B ^a  

^a Paignton Zoo Environmental Park ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Behaviour; Diet; Sleep; Stereotypy; Tongue playing

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347139272     PISSN: 09627286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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