Milk Production in Angus, Brahman, and Reciprocal-Cross Cows Grazing Common Bermudagrass or Endophyte-Infected Tall Fescue

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 74, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 2058-2066

  Brown, M A ^a   Brown Jr , A H ^b   Jackson, W G ^a   Miesner, J R ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Beef; Crossbreeding; Cynodon dactylon; Festuca arundinacea; Genotype Environment Interaction; Milk

Indexed keywords

MILK PROTEIN;

AGING; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; ERGOTISM; FEMALE; GENETICS; HETEROSIS; LACTATION; METABOLISM; MILK; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POACEAE; TIME;

AGING; ANIMALS; CATTLE; ERGOTISM; FEMALE; HYBRID VIGOR; LACTATION; MILK; MILK PROTEINS; POACEAE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0030237044     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/1996.7492058x     Document Type: Article

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