Optimisation or satiation, testing diet selection rules in goats

Small Ruminant Research

Volumn 73, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 160-168

  Jansen, David A W A M ^a   van Langevelde, Frank ^a   de Boer, Willem F ^a   Kirkman, Kevin P ^b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Acacia; Dietary preferences; Plant secondary compounds; Satiety hypothesis; Tannin

Indexed keywords

ACACIA; ACACIA KARROO; ACACIA NILOTICA; CAPRA HIRCUS;

EID: 34548412827     PISSN: 09214488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.smallrumres.2007.01.012     Document Type: Article

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