Voluntary intake and behavior of hokkaido native horses and light half-bred horses in woodland pasture

Journal of Equine Science

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 69-73

  Shingu, Yuko ^a   Kawai, Masahito ^b   Inaba, Hiroyuki ^a   Kondo, Seiji ^a   Hata, Hiroshi ^a   Okubo, Masahiko ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OBIHIRO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Grazing behavior; Hokkaido native horses; Light half bred horses; Spacing behavior; Woodland pasture

Indexed keywords

EID: 9644253807     PISSN: 13403516     EISSN: 13477501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1294/jes.11.69     Document Type: Article

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