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Voluntary intake of five forage trees in a cafeteria trial

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2017

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In tropical countries is a common practice to feed cattle with variety of forage trees as supplements. In order to develop adequate strategies for management of trees, an assessment is needed of their potential use (intake) by cattle. Little research has been conducted in this area, and most effort has been focused on single forage evaluation. The objective of this experiment was to assess the preference by cattle of five forage trees. Preference was taken as the voluntary intake of a tree forage offered in a cafeteria trial.

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Copyright © The British Society of Animal Science 2001

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