Dairy cattle grazing preference among six cultivars of perennial ryegrass

Agronomy Journal

Volumn 98, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1213-1220

  Smit, Harm J ^a   Tamminga, Seerp ^a   Elgersma, Anjo ^a,b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CULTIVATION; DAIRIES; MORPHOLOGY;

FIBER CONCENTRATION; HOLSTEIN FRIESIAN COWS; PERENNIAL RYEGRASS; SWARD CUTTING METHOD;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ANATOMY; DAIRY PRODUCTS; PLANTS; VARIETIES;

BOS TAURUS; FRIESIA; LOLIUM PERENNE;

EID: 33749159509     PISSN: 00021962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/agronj2005.0264     Document Type: Article

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