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Effects of diet and roughage quality, and period of the day on diurnal feeding behaviour patterns of sheep and goats under subtropical conditions

OBJECTIVE: This study investigated the effect of diet and roughage quality (RQ) on dry matter intake, duration and number of daytime and night-time eating bouts, idling sessions and ruminating activities in small ruminants. METHODS: In Exp 1 and 2, RQ was improved by urea treatment of veld hay, whil...

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Autores principales: Moyo, Mehluli, Adebayo, Rasheed Adekunle, Nsahlai, Ignatius Verla
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Asian-Australasian Association of Animal Production Societies (AAAP) and Korean Society of Animal Science and Technology (KSAST) 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6502720/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30056681
http://dx.doi.org/10.5713/ajas.17.0901