Feeding urea treated barley straw to growing Friesian heifers

Livestock Research for Rural Development

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 56-63

  Hadjipanayiotou, M ^a   Economides, S ^a   Kyprianou, G ^a   Antoniou, I ^a   Photiou, A ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

Cattle; Growth; Intake; Straw; Urea treatment

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; GLYCINE MAX; HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE;

EID: 0005334207     PISSN: 01213784     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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