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The preference for water nipples vs. water bowls in dairy goats

BACKGROUND: Previous studies have reported that the design of the water dispensers can influence the water intake in farm animals. Horses and dairy cows seem to prefer to drink from an open surface whereas sheep and pigs apparently prefer water nipples, probably because of the worse water quality in...

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Autores principales: Bøe, Knut E, Ehrlenbruch, Rebecca, Andersen, Inger L
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3193809/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21939533
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1751-0147-53-50