Plant and sward characteristics to achieve high intake in ruminants

Utilisation of Grazed Grass in Temperate Animal Systems: Proceedings of a Satellite Workshop of the XXth International Grassland Congress, July 2005, Cork, Ireland

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 37-47

  Wales, W J ^a   Stockdale, C R ^a   Doyle, P T ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Grazing ruminants; Herbage allowance; Herbage mass; Intake; Sward height

Indexed keywords

EID: 29144445929     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.3920/978-90-8686-554-3     Document Type: Chapter

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