Evaluation of lamb performance and costs in motherless rearing of German Grey Heath sheep under field conditions using automatic feeding systems

Small Ruminant Research

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 255-265

  Bimczok, D ^a   Rohl F W ^a   Ganter, M ^b  

^a OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Artificial rearing; Automatic feeder; Costs; Feeding behavior; Lambs

Indexed keywords

OVIS ARIES;

EID: 27744454124     PISSN: 09214488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.smallrumres.2004.12.008     Document Type: Article

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