Challenges and opportunities for animal production from temperate pastures

Utilisation of Grazed Grass in Temperate Animal Systems: Proceedings of a Satellite Workshop of the XXth International Grassland Congress, July 2005, Cork, Ireland

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 119-130

  Clark, D A ^a  

^a Dexcel Limited   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Animal performance; Animal welfare; Environment; Greenhouse gases; Pasture

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845597231     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.3920/978-90-8686-554-3     Document Type: Chapter

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