Pattern of herbage intake rate and bite dimensions of rotationally grazed dairy cows as sward height declines

Grass and Forage Science

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 362-373

  Barrett, P D ^a   Laidlaw, A S ^a,b   Mayne, C S ^a,b   Christie, H ^b  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b AGRI FOOD AND BIOSCIENCES INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Animal physiological condition; Lolium perenne L; Short term herbage intake; Sward canopy structure; Sward depletion

Indexed keywords

DAIRY FARMING; FOOD INTAKE; INGESTION RATE; SWARD;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; LOLIUM; LOLIUM PERENNE;

EID: 0035708741     PISSN: 01425242     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2494.2001.00286.x     Document Type: Article

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