Herbage intake, ingestive behaviour and diet selection, and effects of condensed tannins upon body and wool growth in lambs grazing lolium perenne and holcus lanatus swards in summer

New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 449-461

  Montossi, F ^a   Hodgson, J ^a   Morris, S T ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Condensed tannins (CT); Diet selection; Grazing behaviour and lamb production; Herbage intake; Holcus lanatus (Yorkshire fog); Lolium perenne (perennial ryegrass); Polyethylene glycol (PEG); Trifolium repens (white clover)

Indexed keywords

DIET SELECTION; HERBAGE INTAKE; LIVESTOCK PERFORMANCE; TANNIN;

NEW ZEALAND;

HOLCUS LANATUS; LOLIUM PERENNE; OVIA ARIES; TRIFOLIUM REPENS;

EID: 0031412250     PISSN: 00288233     EISSN: 11758775     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288233.1997.9513267     Document Type: Article

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