Energy and fibre intake in a group of captive giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis) offered increasing amounts of browse

Journal of Veterinary Medicine Series A: Physiology Pathology Clinical Medicine

Volumn 52, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 485-490

  Hatt, J M ^a   Schaub, D ^a   Wanner, M ^a   Wettstein, H R ^b   Flach, E J ^c   Tack, C ^c   Hassig M ^a   Ortmann, S ^d   Hummel, J ^e   Clauss, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR ZOO AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BOVIDS; CALORIC INTAKE; CHEMISTRY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DIETARY FIBER; DIGESTION; FECES; FEMALE; MALE; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; ZOO ANIMAL;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, ZOO; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DIETARY FIBER; DIGESTION; ENERGY INTAKE; FECES; FEMALE; MALE; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RUMINANTS;

ANIMALIA; GIRAFFA CAMELOPARDALIS; GIRAFFIDAE; MEDICAGO SATIVA;

EID: 29244484739     PISSN: 0931184X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0442.2005.00769.x     Document Type: Article

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