The implications of compound chew-bite jaw movements for bite rate in grazing cattle

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 98, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 183-195

  Ungar, Eugene David ^a   Ravid, Nir ^a   Zada, Tomer ^a   Ben Moshe, Ezra ^a   Yonatan, Rafi ^a   Baram, Hagit ^a   Genizi, Avraham ^a  

^a VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Acoustic monitoring; Bite dimensions; Intake; Mastication

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; CATTLE; DIET; FORAGE; GRAZING; MONITORING;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS;

EID: 33646855823     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2005.09.001     Document Type: Article

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