Short- and long-term trade-offs in the diet selection of sheep
Experiment 1 investigated whether sheep select between foods that differ in their effective rumen degradable protein (eRDP) content to achieve an estimated 'optimal' eRDP: fermentable metabolisable energy (fME) ratio. The foods offered were presented in a meal form to prevent chemical chan...
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University of Edinburgh
2001
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Online Access: | http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.652944 |