Acoustic monitoring of short-term ingestive behavior and intake in grazing sheep

Livestock Science

Volumn 140, Issue 1-3, 2011, Pages 32-41

  Galli, Julio R ^a   Cangiano, Carlos A ^b   Milone, Diego H ^c,d   Laca, Emilio A ^e  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE ROSARIO   (Argentina)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TECNOLOGÍA AGROPECUARIA INTA   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL LITORAL   (Argentina)

^d Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic telemetry; Chew bite; Chewing; Ingestive behavior; Ruminants

Indexed keywords

BOVIDAE; DACTYLIS; MEDICAGO SATIVA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 79960910423     PISSN: 18711413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.livsci.2011.02.007     Document Type: Article

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