Feed intake and social interactions in dairy goats-The effects of feeding space and type of roughage

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 107, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 239-251

  Jørgensen, Grete Helen Meisfjord ^a   Andersen, Inger Lise ^a   Bøe, Knut Egil ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Dairy goats; Feed intake; Feeding space; Roughage; Social interactions

Indexed keywords

DAIRY FARMING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD INTAKE; GOAT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALIA; CAPRA HIRCUS;

EID: 34948850909     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2006.10.007     Document Type: Article

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