Digestibilité du feuillage de chêne vert (Quercus ilex) distribué frais à des caprins entraînés au pâturage sur parcours

Abstract

A high and steady intake of fresh branches of holm oak, distributed to local goats (28 days in April) led to a 100 g/day gain and a positive nitrogen balance despite low fiber digestibility. Our foraging conditions gave reliable results with very little variation between animals.