Diet mixing and condensed tannins help explain foraging preferences by Creole goats facing the physical and chemical diversity of native woody plants in the central Monte desert (Argentina)
Authors:
- A.V. EgeaAEA.V. Egea
- L.I. AllegrettiLAL.I. Allegretti
- S.A. Paez LamaSLS.A. Paez Lama
- D. GrilliDGD. Grilli
- M. FuciliMFM. Fucili
- J.C. GuevaraJGJ.C. Guevara
- J.J. VillalbaJVJ.J. Villalba
- 1 May 2016
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Elsevier in Animal Feed Science and Technology
- Vol. 215, 47-57
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Funding Information
- Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Cairo University (965/12)
- Secretariat of Science, Technology and Postgraduate, National University of Cuyo (06/A557)
- Centre National pour la Recherche Scientifique et Technique
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