The effect of plane of winter nutrition and sward height on the performance of steers grazing grass/white clover swards

Grass and Forage Science

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 424-433

  Yarrow, N H ^a,b   Penning, P D ^a   Johnson, R H ^a  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; FRIESIA; TRIFOLIUM REPENS;

EID: 0030441523     PISSN: 01425242     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2494.1996.tb02077.x     Document Type: Article

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