Comparisons of in situ nitrogen disappearance kinetics of wheat forages harvested by various techniques and evaluated in confined and grazing steers

Animal Feed Science and Technology

Volumn 111, Issue 1-4, 2004, Pages 11-25

  Coblentz, Wayne K ^a   Coffey, Kenneth P ^a   Turner, James E ^a   Scarbrough, Dean A ^a   Skinner Jr , J Vaughn ^b   Kellogg, D Wayne ^a   Humphry, J Byron ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^b Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station   (United States)

Author keywords

Grazing; In situ; N disappearance kinetics; Wheat forage

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; MEDICAGO; MEDICAGO SATIVA; TRITICUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 0347029899     PISSN: 03778401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2003.07.003     Document Type: Article

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