Evaluation of the feeding value of aries HD perennial ryegrass (lolium perenne). ii. performance of weaned lambs in summer and autumn

New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 449-458

  Bluett, S J ^a   Hodgson, J ^a   Kemp, P D ^a   Barry, T N ^b  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Alkaloids; Aries HD; Digestibility; Endophyte; Feeding value; Lolium perenne; Neotyphodium lolii; Nutritive value; Perennial ryegrass; Ryegrass staggers; Ryegrass endophyte association; Sheep performance

Indexed keywords

LOLIUM; LOLIUM PERENNE; NEOTYPHODIUM LOLII; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0033380329     PISSN: 00288233     EISSN: 11758775     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288233.1999.9513394     Document Type: Article

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