A Study on the Seasonal Comparison of Dry Matter Intake, Digestibility, Nitrogen Balance and Feeding Behavior in Spotted Deer (Cervus nippon) Fed Forest By-products Silage and Corn Silage

Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 80-85

  Moon, S H ^a   Jeon, B T ^a   Kang, S K ^a   Sung, S H ^a   Hudson, R J ^a,b  

^a Konkuk University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Deer; Digestibility; Dry Matter Intake; Feeding Behavior; Nitrogen Balance; Seasonality

Indexed keywords

CERVIDAE; CERVUS; CERVUS AXIS; CERVUS NIPPON; STAPHYLOCOCCUS PHAGE 187; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0842268052     PISSN: 10112367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5713/ajas.2004.80     Document Type: Article

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