Breed and maternal effects on the intake of tannin-rich browse by juvenile domestic goats (Capra hircus)

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 119, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 71-77

  Glasser, Tzach Aharon ^a   Ungar, Eugene David ^a   Landau, Serge Yan ^a   Perevolotsky, Avi ^a   Muklada, Hussein ^a   Walker, John Withers ^b  

^a VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diet learning; Goat breeds; Phillyrea latifolia; Pistacia lentiscus; Tannins; Toxin avoidance

Indexed keywords

AVOIDANCE REACTION; BREEDING SITE; BROWSING; DIET; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD PREFERENCE; GOAT; JUVENILE; MATERNAL EFFECT; REARING; SHRUB; TANNIN;

CAPRA HIRCUS; PHILLYREA LATIFOLIA; PISTACIA LENTISCUS;

EID: 67349275315     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2009.02.028     Document Type: Article

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