Grazing by Steers at Different Sward Surface Heights on Extensive Pastures: A Study of Weight Gain and Fat Deposition

Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica A: Animal Sciences

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 184-192

  Spörndly, Eva ^a   Olsson, Ingemar ^a   Burstedt, Erling ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

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EID: 0040191928     PISSN: 09064702     EISSN: 16511972     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/090647000750014313     Document Type: Article

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