Experimental reduction of food quality is not compensated with increased food intake in high-arctic muskoxen (Ovibos moschatus)
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Experimental reduction of food quality is not compensated with increased food intake in high-Arctic muskoxen (Ovibos moschatus).
A total of four barren adult female muskoxen (Ovibos moschatus) were used over a period of 2 years for the purpose of the present study. During the first year, the natural changes in appetite (ad libitum intake of standard pelleted reindeer feed) and body mass were determined in two of the animals. During the second year, the effect of reduced food quality on ad libitum food intake was tested i...
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عنوان ژورنال: British Journal of Nutrition
سال: 2012
ISSN: 0007-1145,1475-2662
DOI: 10.1017/s0007114511007379