Effect of early dietary experiences on the development of feeding preferences in semi-intensive sheep farming systems-a brief note

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 111, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 391-395

  Simitzis, Panagiotis E ^a   Bizelis, Joseph A ^a   Deligeorgis, Stelios G ^a   Feggeros, Kostas ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Feeding behaviour; Lamb; Learning; Oregano; Preference; Weaning

Indexed keywords

ESSENTIAL OIL; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD SUPPLEMENTATION; LEARNING; LIVESTOCK FARMING; NEONATE; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; SHEEP; WEANING;

ANIMALIA; EUCALYPTUS; MENTHA; ORIGANUM; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 41749096826     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2007.06.010     Document Type: Article

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