Grazing with heifers and sows alone or mixed: Herbage quality, sward structure and animal weight gain

Livestock Production Science

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 223-238

  Sehested, Jakob ^a   Søegaard, Karen ^a   Danielsen, Viggo ^a   Roepstorff, Allan ^b   Monrad, Jesper ^b  

^a DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Alternate grazing; Heifer; Mixed grazing; Organic farming; Pasture; Sow; Sward structure

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOVINAE; NEMATODA; TRIFOLIUM;

EID: 2942539343     PISSN: 03016226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.livprodsci.2003.11.008     Document Type: Article

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