Behaviour of goats, sheep and cattle and their selection of browse species on natural pasture in a Sahelian area

Small Ruminant Research

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 64-74

  Sanon, H O ^a   Kabore Zoungrana C ^b   Ledin, I ^c  

^a CRREA de l'Ouest   (Burkina Faso)

^b Université Nazi Boni   (Burkina Faso)

^c SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Browse preference; Cattle; Feeding behaviour; Goats; Indigenous farmer knowledge; Sheep

Indexed keywords

ACACIA; ACACIA SENEGAL; ANIMALIA; BALANITES; BALANITES AEGYPTIACA; BOS TAURUS; BOVIDAE; CAPRA HIRCUS; COMBRETUM; COMBRETUM MICRANTHUM; GUIERA SENEGALENSIS; OVIS ARIES; PTEROCARPUS; PTEROCARPUS LUCENS;

EID: 33751072946     PISSN: 09214488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.smallrumres.2005.09.025     Document Type: Article

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