Water consumption when exposed to sun and shade for native goats in the semiarid of the State of Paraiba, Brazil Consumo de água quando exposta ao sol e à sombra por caprinos nativos no Semiárido Paraibano

This work aimed to evaluate the preference and water consumption of native goats in the semiarid of Brazil. The water was freely supplied, in individual buckets, one exposed to the sun and the other in the shade. The experiment was realized using 18 animals of Moxotó, Graúna and Azul breeds, with av...

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Main Authors: Dermeval A. Furtado, Jackson R. de S. Leite, Jose W. B. do Nascimento, Antonio F. Leal, Andrea S. Silva
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Engenharia Agrícola 2012-02-01
Series:Engenharia Agrícola
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-69162012000100003