Effects of continuous stocking with sheep or goats on sward composition and animal production from a grass and white clover pasture

Small Ruminant Research

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 19-29

  Penning, P D ^a   Johnson, R H ^a   Orr, R J ^a  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clover; Goats; Grass; Sheep; Temperate grasslands

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001951347     PISSN: 09214488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0921-4488(95)00816-0     Document Type: Article

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