Diet composition of cattle grazing Stylosanthes-grass pastures in the seasonally dry tropics: The effect of phosphorus as fertiliser or supplement

Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 7-15

  Coates, D B ^a   Le Feuvre, R P ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATTLE; DIET SELECTION; FERTILIZER; FOOD SUPPLEMENT; PASTURE; PHOSPHORUS; STYLO;

BOS TAURUS; STYLOSANTHES HAMATA; STYLOSANTHES SCABRA;

EID: 0031972427     PISSN: 08161089     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/EA97031     Document Type: Article

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