Feeding and working strategies for oxen used for draft purposes in semi-arid West Africa
This study was conducted to determine the energy expenditure of draft oxen working on sandy soils, performing common agricultural tasks, so that energy requirements could be determined; to establish the relationships between work and intake and digestibility of roughages by draft oxen; to investigat...
| Autores principales: | , , , |
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| Formato: | Informe técnico |
| Lenguaje: | Inglés |
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1997
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| Acceso en línea: | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/2710 |
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