Performance by goats and sheep consuming a concentrate-based diet subsequent to grazing grass/forb pastures at three stocking rates

Small Ruminant Research

Volumn 66, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 92-101

  Animut, G ^a,b   Goetsch, A L ^a   Aiken, G E ^c   Puchala, R ^a   Detweiler, G ^a   Krehbiel, C R ^b   Merkel, R C ^a   Sahlu, T ^a   Dawson, L J ^b   Johnson, Z B ^d   Kiesler, D H ^e  

^a LANGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DALE BUMPERS SMALL FARMS RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Goats; Performance; Sheep; Stocking rate

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CAPRA HIRCUS; OVIS ARIES; POACEAE;

EID: 33748950985     PISSN: 09214488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.smallrumres.2005.07.023     Document Type: Article

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