Nutritional Management of Grazing Beef Cows

Veterinary Clinics of North America - Food Animal Practice

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-19

  Mathis, Clay P ^a   Sawyer, Jason E ^b  

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; CATTLE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; POACEAE; REVIEW;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ANIMALS; CATTLE; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS; POACEAE;

ANIMALIA; BOS; BOVIDAE;

EID: 33947207002     PISSN: 07490720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cvfa.2006.12.001     Document Type: Review

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