Factors affecting intake by grazing ruminants and related quantification methods: A review;Facteurs de variation de l'ingestion des ruminants au pâturage et principales méthodes permettant son estimation: Revue de synthèse

Biotechnology, Agronomy, Society and Environment

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 559-573

  Decruyenaere, Virginie ^a   Buldgen, André ^b   Stilmant, Didier ^a  

^a WALLOON AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Estimation methods; Grazing; Intake; Ruminants

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOVIDAE;

EID: 75749151328     PISSN: 13706233     EISSN: 17804507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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