Evaluation of the Potential of Supplements to Substitute for Low-Quality, Tallgrass-Prairie Forage

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 639-647

  Stafford, S D ^a,b   Cochran, R C ^a   Vanzant, E S ^a,c   Fritz, J O ^a,d  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Matador Cattle Co   (United States)

^c KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Dept of Agronomy ^*

Author keywords

Alfalfa; Forage; Intake; Pellets; Substitution; Supplements

Indexed keywords

ALFALFA; ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; CATTLE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIGESTION; EATING; FERMENTATION; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; POACEAE; RANDOMIZATION; RUMINANT STOMACH; SOYBEAN; STANDARD;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; CATTLE; DIGESTION; EATING; FERMENTATION; FOOD, FORTIFIED; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; MALE; MEDICAGO SATIVA; POACEAE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RUMEN; SOYBEANS;

EID: 0030095535     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/1996.743639x     Document Type: Article

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