Supplements improve the production of dairy cows grazing either white clover or paspalum-dominant pastures in late lactation

Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 295-302

  Stockdale, C R ^a  

^a Institute of Sustainable Irrigated Agriculture   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS; FRIESIA; HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE; MICROPUS; PASPALUM; PASPALUM DILATATUM; TRIFOLIUM REPENS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0030923839     PISSN: 08161089     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/EA96136     Document Type: Article

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