Voluntary feed intake by lactating, Angora, growing and mature goats

Small Ruminant Research

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 357-378

  Luo, J ^a,b   Goetsch, A L ^a   Nsahlai, I V ^c   Moore, J E ^d   Galyean, M L ^e   Johnson, Z B ^f   Sahlu, T ^a   Ferrell, C L ^g   Owens, F N ^h  

^a LANGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^e TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^g U S MEAT ANIMAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^h PIONEER HI BRED INTERNATIONAL INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Feed intake; Goats; Metabolizable energy; Prediction

Indexed keywords

CAPRA HIRCUS;

EID: 3042726576     PISSN: 09214488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.smallrumres.2004.04.002     Document Type: Article

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