Animal age and sex effects on diets of grazing cattle

Journal of Range Management

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 77-81

  Grings, E E ^a   Short, R E ^a   Haferkamp, M R ^a   Heitschmidt, R K ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Beef cattle; Calf; Diet selection; Heifer; Steer

Indexed keywords

CATTLE; DIET; GRASSLAND; GRAZING; RANGELAND;

EID: 0035128778     PISSN: 0022409X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4003532     Document Type: Article

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