Performance and Digestion by Steers Grazing Tall Fescue and Supplemented with Energy and Protein

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1691-1701

  Elizalde, J C ^a   Cremin Jr , J D ^a,b   Faulkner, D B ^a   Merchen, N R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Energy; Festuca arundinacea; Grazing; Protein; Steers; Supplements

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; VOLATILE FATTY ACID;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; CALORIC INTAKE; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; DIET; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY FIBER; DIGESTION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MAIZE; MALE; MEAT; METABOLISM; PH; PHYSIOLOGY; POACEAE; PROTEIN INTAKE; RANDOMIZATION; RUMINANT STOMACH; STANDARD; WEIGHT GAIN;

AMMONIA; ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ANIMALS; BODY COMPOSITION; CATTLE; DIET; DIETARY FIBER; DIETARY PROTEINS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DIGESTION; ENERGY INTAKE; FATTY ACIDS, VOLATILE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MALE; MEAT; POACEAE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RUMEN; WEIGHT GAIN; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0032085144     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/1998.7661691x     Document Type: Article

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