A note on the comparison of digestion by New World camels, sheep and ponies
- 1 June 1973
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Animal Science
- Vol. 16 (3), 303-305
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0003356100030154
Abstract
SUMMARY Digestion trials were conducted with four ponies, two sheep and two New World camels (one llama and one guanaco) given alfalfa pellets and a complete pelleted hay-grain diet. The New World camels were significantly more efficient in the digestion of dry matter, neutral-detergent fibre, acid-detergent fibre and cellulose than the sheep or ponies.Keywords
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