Seasonal Variations in Voluntary Intake and Apparent Digestibility of Forages in Goats Grazing on Introduced Pasture

The nutrient composition of pasture, voluntary intake and digestibility of diet ingested by goats grazing on an introduced Leymus chinensis pasture were measured across spring (May), summer (July), autumn (October) and winter (March). In each season, 12 Inner Mongolian Cashmere goats (6 wethers and...

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Main Authors: Zewei Sun, Zaisen Wang, Qingzhen Zhong, Daowei Zhou
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Asian-Australasian Association of Animal Production Societies 2014-06-01
Series:Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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Online Access:http://www.ajas.info/upload/pdf/ajas-27-6-818-7.pdf