title: [Description of feed intake in goats].
abstract: Four adult goats were given lucerne hay ad libitum and had access to water, salt stone and the litter straw. They were housed in a box and were completely free to move. Their meals consisted of the main behavioural activity of hay intake and other activities such as salt-stone licking, water drinking and straw intake. Ingestion was relatively slow because the goats took a long time to choose what they ingested. They chose the hay with more leaves and less stems which had a higher nutritive value.
mesh_terms: D000821:Animal Feed; D000818:Animals; D004435:Eating; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D005518:Food Preferences; D006041:Goats / Q000502:physiology*; D013997:Time Factors
vernacular_title: Contribution à la description de la prise alimentaire de la chèvre.