Research Output
Digestible energy requirements of Mexican donkeys fed oat straw and maize stover.
  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

  • Type:

    Article

  • Date:

    30 November 2004

  • Publication Status:

    Published

  • Publisher

    Springer-Verlag

  • DOI:

    10.1007/s11250-005-9012-3

  • ISSN:

    0049-4747

  • Library of Congress:

    SF Animal culture

Citation

Carretero-Roque, L., Colunga, G. B., Smith, D., Gonzǭlez-Ronquillo, M., Sol, A. & Castelǭn-Ortega, O. A. (2004). Digestible energy requirements of Mexican donkeys fed oat straw and maize stover. Tropical Animal Health and Production. 37, 123-142. doi:10.1007/s11250-005-9012-3. ISSN 0049-4747

Authors

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 Countries dicotyledons diet dietary standards digestibility digestible energy donkey donkeys Draught Animals (LL060) energy energy cost of maintenance energy requirements Equidae Equus eukaryotes Fabaceae Fabales fall FEEDING Female food requirements forage FORAGES foraging hay horse feeding Latin America live weight liveweight lucerne lucerne hay maize maize stover mammals management Medicago Medicago sativa Mexico monocotyledons North America nutrient requirements nutritional requirements oat straw oats OECD Countries Papilionoideae Perissodactyla plants Poaceae research seasonal changes seasonal fluctuations seasonal variation Seasons Spermatophyta spring straw summer Threshold Countries undernutrition vertebrates Veterinary medicine weight winter working animals

Monthly Views:

Available Documents