Diet composition and energy balance of cows grazing on Mediterranean woodland

Livestock Science

Volumn 102, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 11-22

  Brosh, A ^a   Henkin, Z ^a   Orlov, A ^a   Aharoni, Y ^a  

^a VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Beef cattle; Botanical composition; Energy balance; Energy expenditure; Grazing cows; Heart rate; Mediterranean browse

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS;

EID: 33744927895     PISSN: 18711413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.livprodsci.2005.11.016     Document Type: Article

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