Technical note: Effects of tethering on herbage selection, intake and digestibility, grazing behavior, and energy expenditure by Boer x Spanish goats grazing high-quality herbage

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 86, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1245-1253

  Patra, A K ^a   Puchala, R ^a   Detweiler, G ^a   Dawson, L J ^b   Sahlu, T ^a   Goetsch, A L ^a  

^a LANGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Energy; Goat; Grazing; Tethering

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; CALORIC INTAKE; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DIGESTION; EATING; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GOAT; MALE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POACEAE; RANDOMIZATION; RUMINANT STOMACH; TIME;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DIGESTION; EATING; ENERGY INTAKE; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GOATS; MALE; POACEAE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RUMEN; TIME FACTORS;

ALEXANDRIUM; ANIMALIA; CAPRA HIRCUS; TRIFOLIUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 43749112504     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/jas.2007-0644     Document Type: Article

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