Diet composition of cattle grazing Sandhills range during spring

Rangeland Ecology and Management

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 65-70

  Volesky, Jerry D ^a   Schacht, Walter H ^b   Reece, Patrick E ^c   Vaughn, Timothy J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA   (United States)

^d West Central Research and Extension Center ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Diet botanical composition; Diet quality; Diet selection; Preference index

Indexed keywords

CATTLE; DIET; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD PREFERENCE; FORAGE; GRAZING MANAGEMENT; NUTRITIVE VALUE; PASTURE; PROTEIN; SPRING (SEASON);

NEBRASKA; NORTH AMERICA; SAND HILLS; UNITED STATES;

BOS; CAREX; HESPEROSTIPA COMATA COMATA; POA; POACEAE;

EID: 33846927072     PISSN: 15507424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2111/05-232R2.1     Document Type: Article

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