Grazing behaviour and performance of lactating suckler cows, ewes and goats on partially improved heathlands

Animal

Volumn 2, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1818-1831

  Celaya, R ^a   Benavides, R ^a   Garcia U ^a   Ferreira, L M M ^b   Ferre, I ^c   Martinez A ^a   Ortega Mora, L M ^c   Osoro, K ^a  

^a Área de Cultivos Hortofrutícolas y Forestales   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRÁS OS MONTES AND ALTO DOURO   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Domestic ruminants; Gastrointestinal nematode; Grazing; Live weight; Marginal land

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS; BOVIDAE; CALLUNA; CAPRA HIRCUS; LOLIUM PERENNE; NEMATODA; OVIS ARIES; TRIFOLIUM REPENS; ULEX EUROPAEUS;

EID: 56649100768     PISSN: 17517311     EISSN: 1751732X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1751731108003224     Document Type: Article

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