Abstract
THE use of oesophageal fistulae has facilitated work on the diet selected by grazing ruminants. Three experiments at this laboratory with free-grazing sheep have shown marked diurnal changes in the nitrogen content of the diet selected by Merino wethers.
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LANGLANDS, J. Diurnal Variation in the Diet selected by Free-grazing Sheep. Nature 207, 666–667 (1965). https://doi.org/10.1038/207666a0
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