Diet selection and performance of cattle and horses grazing in heathlands

Animal

Volumn 5, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1467-1473

  Celaya, R ^a   Ferreira, L M M ^b   Garcia U ^a   Rosa Garcia R ^a   Osoro, K ^a  

^a Servicio Regional de Investigación y Desarrollo Agroalimentario de Asturias   (Spain)

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

Author keywords

animal performance; beef cattle; diet selection; heathland; horse

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS; CALLUNA; CALLUNA VULGARIS; EQUIDAE; ERICA UMBELLATA; POACEAE; PSEUDARRHENATHERUM LONGIFOLIUM;

EID: 80053099580     PISSN: 17517311     EISSN: 1751732X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1751731111000449     Document Type: Article

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