Winter-annual pasture as a supplement for beef cows

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1157-1165

  Gunter, S A ^a,b   Cassida, K A ^a   Beck, P A ^a   Phillips, J M ^a,c  

^a University of Arkansas   (United States)

^b Southwest Research and Extension Center   (United States)

^c and Environmental Sciences ^*

Author keywords

Feed Supplements; Fodder Crops; Grasses; Grazing Systems; Supplemental Feeding Programs

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CYNODON; CYNODON DACTYLON; LOLIUM; LOLIUM MULTIFLORUM; PASPALUM; PASPALUM DILATATUM; POACEAE; SECALE CEREALE; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY WEIGHT; CALORIC INTAKE; CATTLE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POACEAE; PREGNANCY; RANDOMIZATION; REPRODUCTION; SEASON;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ANIMALS; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY WEIGHT; CATTLE; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; POACEAE; PREGNANCY; RANDOM ALLOCATION; REPRODUCTION; SEASONS;

EID: 0036581017     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/2002.8051157x     Document Type: Article

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