Feeding behaviour and diet choices of cattle with physical and temporal constraints on forage accessibility: An indoor experiment

Animal Science

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 3-10

  Ginane, C ^a   Petit, M ^a  

^a UMR1213 HERBIVORES   (France)

Author keywords

Cattle; Feeding behaviour; Food intake; Food preferences

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS;

EID: 24044466718     PISSN: 13577298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/ASC41230003     Document Type: Article

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