Effect of rotation frequency and weaning date on forage measurements and growth performance by cows and calves grazing endophyte-infected tall fescue pastures overseeded with crabgrass and legumes

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 83, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 2684-2695

  Coffey, K P ^a,c   Coblentz, W K ^a   Scarbrough, D A ^d   Humphry, J B ^e   McGinley, B C ^c   Turner, J E ^f   Smith, T F ^b   Hubbell III, D S ^b   Johnson, Z B ^a   Hellwig, D H ^g   Popp, M P ^a   Rosenkrans Jr , C F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^b Livestock and Forest Res Station   (United States)

^c B106E AFLS Bldg ^*  (United States)

^d Northwestern Oklahoma State University   (United States)

^e Humphry Environmental Inc   (United States)

^f Dep Anim Sci   (United States)

^g BEREA COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Beef Cows; Fescue arundinacea; Forage; Legumes; Neotyphodium coenophialum; Tall Fescue

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; FESTUCA ARUNDINACEA; NEOTYPHODIUM COENOPHIALUM;

EID: 33645986986     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/2005.83112684x     Document Type: Article

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