L Carretero-Roque
Digestible Energy Requirements of Mexican Donkeys Fed Oat Straw and Maize Stover
Carretero-Roque, L; Colunga, G B; Smith, Dave; Gonz?lez-Ronquillo, M; Sol, A; Castel?n-Ortega, O A
Authors
G B Colunga
Dr David Smith D.Smith@napier.ac.uk
Lecturer
M Gonz?lez-Ronquillo
A Sol
O A Castel?n-Ortega
Abstract
The limited availability of food, together with the constraints that traditional management systems impose on the natural foraging behaviour of donkeys, often results in severe under-nutrition. Few studies have been conducted into the digestibility of different forages and little information exists on nutritional requirements of donkeys. In order to measure digestible energy requirements of donkeys under tropical conditions, an experiment was carried out at the Centre for Research in Agricultural Science (CICA) and the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine of the Universidad Aut
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Publication Date | 2005-01 |
Deposit Date | May 15, 2015 |
Print ISSN | 0049-4747 |
Electronic ISSN | 1573-7438 |
Publisher | BMC |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 37 |
Issue | S1 |
Pages | 123-142 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1007/s11250-005-9012-3 |
Keywords | alfalfa; alfalfa hay; America; angiosperms; animal nutrition; Animal Nutrition (Physiology) (LL510); animals; APEC ; countries; asses autumn Avena Avena sativa behaviour body condition body weight BODY-CONDITION Chordata Cyperales Developing |
Public URL | http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/8141 |
Publisher URL | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11250-005-9012-3 |
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