Evaluating grazing strategies for cattle: Nutrition of cattle and deer

Journal of Range Management

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 631-637

  Ortega, Isaac M ^a   Soltero Gardea, Sergio ^b   Drawe, D Lynn ^c   Bryant, Fred C ^d  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIONES FORESTALES   (Mexico)

^c Welder Wildlife Foundation   (United States)

^d Caesar Kleberg Wildl Res Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Coastal Bend of Texas; Continuous grazing; Crude protein; Digestibility; IVDOM; Odocoileus virginianus; Short duration grazing

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS; CERVIDAE; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS;

EID: 0030777440     PISSN: 0022409X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4003459     Document Type: Article

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