Domestic cattle (Bos taurus taurus) are motivated to obtain forage and demonstrate contrafreeloading

Domestic cattle (Bos taurus taurus) are adapted to digest high-roughage diets, but in confinement they are commonly fed low-roughage, high-energy diets. This practice may leave cattle with an unfulfilled need to consume forage. A way to quantify motivation is to require animals to work to access a r...

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Autores principales: Van Os, Jennifer M. C., Mintline, Erin M., DeVries, Trevor J., Tucker, Cassandra B.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2018
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5841746/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29513705
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0193109

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5841746/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29513705
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0193109

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