Maternal influence on feeding site avoidance behaviour of lambs

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 105, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 122-139

  Black Rubio, Christina M ^a   Cibils, Andrés F ^a   Gould, William R ^a  

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Avoidance behaviours; Feeding site selection; Maternal influence; Sheep

Indexed keywords

AVOIDANCE REACTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEEDING GROUND; MATERNAL CARE; SHEEP; SITE SELECTION;

CYNODON DACTYLON; MEDICAGO SATIVA; OVIS ARIES; SANDFLY FEVER SICILIAN VIRUS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 34247491657     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2006.06.004     Document Type: Article

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