Evaluation of the feeding value of aries HD perennial ryegrass (lolium perenne). i. performance of lactating ewes in spring

New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 441-448

  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

Aries HD; Digestibility; Endophyte; Feeding value; Lolium perenne; Neotyphodium lolii; Nutritive value; Perennial ryegrass; Sheep performance

Indexed keywords

LOLIUM; LOLIUM PERENNE; NEOTYPHODIUM LOLII; OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0033396509     PISSN: 00288233     EISSN: 11758775     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288233.1999.9513393     Document Type: Article

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