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Animal Research

Vol. 52 No. 1 (January-February 2003)

• The addition of external water to fresh grass does not affect dry matter intake, feeding behaviour and rumen characteristics in dairy cows     p. 3
  José Israel Cabrera Estrada, Rémy Delagarde, Philippe Faverdin and Jean-Louis Peyraud
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• Rumen degradability of some feed legume seeds     p. 17
  Javier González and Santiago Andrés
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• Relationship between ruminal degradability and chemical composition of dehydrated lucerne     p. 27
  José Luis Repetto, Javier González, Cecilia Cajarville, María Remedios Alvir and Carlos Alberto Rodríguez
  Abstract | References | PDF file (459 KB)



• Factors affecting the body condition score of N'Dama cows under extensive range management in Southern Senegal     p. 37
  Pauline Ezanno, Alexandre Ickowicz and François Bocquier
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• The effect of age at the first mating and herd size on the lifetime productivity of sows     p. 49
  Daniel Babot, Eduardo R. Chavez and José Luis Noguera
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• Growth, carcass composition and meat quality response to dietary concentrations in fast-, medium- and slow-growing commercial broilers     p. 65
  Maxime Quentin, Isabelle Bouvarel, Cécile Berri, Elisabeth Le Bihan-Duval, Elisabeth Baéza, Yves Jégo and Michel Picard
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• An attempt to predict the earning status of a thoroughbred in France by genealogical data     p. 79
  Bertrand Langlois and Vincent Hernu
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