Nomadic grazing improves the mineral balance of livestock through the intake of diverse plant species

Animal Feed Science and Technology

Volumn 184, Issue 1-4, 2013, Pages 80-85

  Yoshihara, Yu ^a   Mizuno, Hayato ^a   Yasue, Hiroyuki ^a   Purevdorj, Nyam osor ^c   Ito, Takehiko Y ^b  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b MONGOLIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Mongolia)

^c TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cattle hair; Dryland; Sheep wool; Toxic element

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 84881023152     PISSN: 03778401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2013.06.007     Document Type: Article

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