Evaluation of Wheat Middlings as a Supplement for Beef Cows Grazing Native Winter Range with Differing Forage Availabilities

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 378-387

  Heldt, J S ^a,b   Pruitt, R J ^a   Birkelo, C P ^a   Johnson, P S ^a   Wicks III, Z W ^a  

^a SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Beef Cows; Feed Supplements; Middlings; Protein; Rangelands; Wheat

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; CATTLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY FIBER; DIGESTION; FEMALE; MEAT; POACEAE; SEASON; WHEAT;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; CATTLE; DIETARY FIBER; DIGESTION; FEMALE; FOOD, FORTIFIED; MEAT; POACEAE; SEASONS; TRITICUM;

EID: 0031991122     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/1998.762378x     Document Type: Article

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