Effect of Dietary Types on Feed Intakes, Growth Performance and Economic Benefit in Tibetan sheep and Yaks on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau during Cold Season

Tianwei Xu; Shixiao Xu; Linyong Hu; Na Zhao; Zhe Liu; Li Ma; Hongjin Liu; Xinquan Zhao

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0169187

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Effect of Dietary Types on Feed Intakes, Growth Performance and Economic Benefit in Tibetan sheep and Yaks on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau during Cold Season

Tianwei Xu,

Affiliations Northwest Institute of Plateau Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xining, China, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, Key Laboratory of Adaptation and Evolution of Plateau Biota, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xining, China

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Shixiao Xu ,

* E-mail: sxxu@nwipb.cas.cn (SXX); xqzhao@nwipb.cas.cn (XQZ)

Affiliations Northwest Institute of Plateau Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xining, China, Key Laboratory of Adaptation and Evolution of Plateau Biota, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xining, China
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Linyong Hu,

Affiliations Northwest Institute of Plateau Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xining, China, Key Laboratory of Adaptation and Evolution of Plateau Biota, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xining, China
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Na Zhao,

Affiliations Northwest Institute of Plateau Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xining, China, Key Laboratory of Adaptation and Evolution of Plateau Biota, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xining, China
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Zhe Liu,

Affiliations Northwest Institute of Plateau Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xining, China, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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Li Ma,

Affiliations Northwest Institute of Plateau Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xining, China, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, Key Laboratory of Adaptation and Evolution of Plateau Biota, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xining, China
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Hongjin Liu,

Affiliations Northwest Institute of Plateau Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xining, China, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, Key Laboratory of Adaptation and Evolution of Plateau Biota, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xining, China
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Xinquan Zhao

* E-mail: sxxu@nwipb.cas.cn (SXX); xqzhao@nwipb.cas.cn (XQZ)

Affiliations Northwest Institute of Plateau Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xining, China, Key Laboratory of Adaptation and Evolution of Plateau Biota, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xining, China
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Effect of Dietary Types on Feed Intakes, Growth Performance and Economic Benefit in Tibetan sheep and Yaks on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau during Cold Season

Tianwei Xu,
Shixiao Xu,
Linyong Hu,
Na Zhao,
Zhe Liu,
Li Ma,
Hongjin Liu,
Xinquan Zhao

Published: January 5, 2017
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0169187

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