Supplementary feeding of farmed fallow deer: Effect on milk composition and fawn performance

Italian Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 596-603

  Bovolenta, Stefano ^a   Corazzin, Mirco ^a   Messina, Maria ^a   Focardi, Stefano ^b   Piasentier, Edi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO DEI SISTEMI COMPLESSI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dama dama; Fallow deer; Fawn performance; Milk composition; Supple mentary feeding

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890476897     PISSN: 15944077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/ijas.2013.e98     Document Type: Article

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