Changes in nutritive value of tall fescue hay as affected by natural rainfall and moisture concentration at baling

Animal Feed Science and Technology

Volumn 109, Issue 1-4, 2003, Pages 47-63

  Turner, J E ^a   Coblentz, W K ^a   Scarbrough, D A ^a   Rhein, R T ^a   Coffey, K P ^a   Johnson, Z B ^a   Rosenkrans Jr , C F ^a   Kellogg, D W ^a   Skinner Jr , J V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^b Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station   (United States)

Author keywords

Baling; Rainfall event; Tall rescue hay

Indexed keywords

FESTUCA; JONES; NEOTYPHODIUM; NEOTYPHODIUM COENOPHIALUM; SCHEDONORUS ARUNDINACEUS;

EID: 0141727664     PISSN: 03778401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-8401(03)00209-8     Document Type: Article

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