Effect of forage quality on intake, chewing activity, faecal particle size distribution, and digestibility of neutral detergent fibre in sheep, goats, and llamas

Small Ruminant Research

Volumn 103, Issue 2-3, 2012, Pages 143-151

  Jalali, A R ^a   Norgaard P ^a   Weisbjerg, M R ^b   Nielsen, M O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Camelids; Dry sieving; Eating and ruminating; Forage quality; Grass; Small ruminants

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOVIDAE; CAMELIDAE; CAPRA HIRCUS; LAMA GLAMA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 84858333043     PISSN: 09214488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.smallrumres.2011.09.004     Document Type: Article

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