Feeding behaviour and diet selection of finishing Limousin bulls under intensive rearing system

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 91, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 181-192

  Cozzi, Giulio ^a   Gottardo, Flaviana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Beef cattle; Diet selection; Feeding behaviour; Intensive rearing

Indexed keywords

CATTLE; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD INTAKE;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS;

EID: 18844456516     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2004.10.004     Document Type: Article

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