Growth, intake, diet digestibility, and nitrogen use in three hair sheep breeds fed alfalfa hay

Small Ruminant Research

Volumn 69, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 221-227

  Wildeus, S ^a   Turner, K E ^b   Collins, J R ^a  

^a VIRGINIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b APPALACHIAN FARMING SYSTEMS RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Alfalfa; Blood metabolites; Digestibility; Growth; Hair sheep

Indexed keywords

MEDICAGO SATIVA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 33847631610     PISSN: 09214488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.smallrumres.2005.12.016     Document Type: Article

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