Effect of forage to concentrate ratio in complete diets offered to sheep on voluntary food intake and some digestive parameters

Animal Science

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 119-126

  Valdes C ^a   Carro, M D ^a   Ranilla, M J ^a   Gonzalez J S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEÓN   (Spain)

Author keywords

Concentrates; Digestibility; Food intake; Forage; Single cell protein

Indexed keywords

EID: 22844454092     PISSN: 13577298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1357729800051651     Document Type: Article

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