Effects of night-locking and stage of production on forage intake, digestion, behavior, and energy utilization by meat goat does grazing grass/legume pasture

Livestock Science

Volumn 140, Issue 1-3, 2011, Pages 225-245

  Tovar Luna, I ^a,b   Puchala, R ^a   Gipson, T A ^a   Detweiler, G D ^a   Dawson, L J ^c   Sahlu, T ^a   Keli, A ^d   Goetsch, A L ^a  

^a LANGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA CHAPINGO   (Mexico)

^c OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NATIONAL SCHOOL OF AGRICULTURE   (Morocco)

Author keywords

Activity; Behavior; Energy; Goats; Grazing

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CAPRA HIRCUS;

EID: 79960909233     PISSN: 18711413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.livsci.2011.03.034     Document Type: Article

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