Voluntary intake, digestibility, and subsequent selection of matua bromegrass, coastal bermudagrass, and alfalfa hays by yearling horses

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 77, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 2766-2773

  LaCasha, P A ^a   Brady, H A ^a   Allen, V G ^a   Richardson, C R ^a   Pond, K R ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Forage; Grasses; Hay; Horses; Legumes

Indexed keywords

BROMUS; BROMUS CATHARTICUS; BROMUS SECALINUS; CYNODON; CYNODON DACTYLON; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS; MEDICAGO SATIVA; POACEAE;

ALFALFA; ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; CALORIC INTAKE; DIGESTION; HORSE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; POACEAE;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ANIMALS; DIGESTION; ENERGY INTAKE; HORSES; MEDICAGO SATIVA; POACEAE;

EID: 0033208712     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/1999.77102766x     Document Type: Article

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