Performance of beef heifers grazing stockpiled fescue as influenced by supplemental whole cottonseed

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 84, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1613-1625

  Poore, M H ^a   Scott, M E ^a,b   Green Jr , J T ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources   (United States)

Author keywords

Festuca arundinacea Schreb.; Heifer; Stockpiled fescue; Supplement; Whole cottonseed

Indexed keywords

FESTUCA ARUNDINACEA; MICROPUS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 33744947530     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/2006.8461613x     Document Type: Article

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