Ruminant selection among switchgrass hays cut at either sundown or sunup

Crop Science

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1394-1402

  Fisher, D S ^a   Burns, J C ^b   Mayland, H F ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS; BOVIDAE; CAPRA HIRCUS; MEDICAGO SATIVA; OVIS ARIES; PANICUM VIRGATUM;

EID: 22944441621     PISSN: 0011183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2135/cropsci2004.0388     Document Type: Article

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