The effect of introducing timothy, cocksfoot and red fescue into a perennial ryegrass sward and the application of sodium fertilizer on the behaviour of male and female cattle

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 215-226

  Phillips, C J C ^a   Youssef, M Y I ^a,b   Chiy, P C ^a  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b ZAGAZIG UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Cattle feeding and nutrition; Grass species; Grazing behaviour; Herbage acceptability; Selectivity; Sodium fertilizer

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; FERTILIZER; GRAZING; NUTRITION;

EID: 0033579990     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1591(98)00190-7     Document Type: Article

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