Behavioural responses by yaks in different physiological states (lactating, dry or replacement heifers), when grazing natural pasture in the spring (dry and germinating) season on the Qinghai-Tibetan plateau

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 108, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 239-250

  Ding, Luming ^a,b   Long, Ruijun ^c   Yang, Yuhai ^d   Xu, Songhe ^e   Wang, Changting ^a  

^a NORTHWEST INSTITUTE OF PLATEAU BIOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d Qinghai Province San Jiao Cheng Sheep Breeding Farm   (China)

^e GANSU AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Grazing; Physiological state; Qinghai Tibetan plateau; Ruminating; Yak

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FORAGE; GRASSLAND; GRAZING MANAGEMENT; LACTATION; PLATEAU; RUMINANT; SPRING (SEASON);

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

ANIMALIA; BOS GRUNNIENS;

EID: 36048951135     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2006.12.004     Document Type: Article

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