Pasture management effects on diet composition and cattle performance on continuously stocked rhizoma peanut-mixed grass swards

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 79, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 2456-2464

  Valencia, E ^a,c   Williams, M J ^b,d   Chase Jr , C C ^b   Sollenberger, L E ^a   Hammond, A C ^b   Kalmbacher, R S ^a   Kunkle, W E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS   (United States)

^d SAA ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Fertilization; Food preferences; Stocking density

Indexed keywords

FERTILIZER; NITROGEN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; DIET; DIGESTION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; METABOLISM; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PEANUT; PEDIGREE; POACEAE; RANDOMIZATION; SEASON; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ARACHIS HYPOGAEA; BLOOD UREA NITROGEN; CATTLE; DIET; DIGESTION; FERTILIZERS; MALE; NITROGEN; NUTRITIVE VALUE; PEDIGREE; POACEAE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SEASONS;

EID: 0035463090     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/2001.7992456x     Document Type: Article

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