Sire influence on juniper consumption by goats

Rangeland Ecology and Management

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 324-328

  Ellis, Chad R ^a   Jones, Royce E ^a   Scott, Cody B ^a,c   Taylor Jr , Charles A ^b   Walker, John W ^b   Waldron, Dan F ^b  

^a ANGELO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ASU Station   (United States)

Author keywords

Feedback; Heritability; Intake; Juniperus; Terpenoids

Indexed keywords

FOOD PREFERENCE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GOAT;

CAPRA HIRCUS; JUNIPERUS;

EID: 22744449049     PISSN: 15507424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2111/1551-5028(2005)58[324:SIOJCB]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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