Dry matter intake and digestibility of 'Coastal', 'Tifton 44', and 'Tifton 85' bermudagrass hays grown in the U.S. upper south

Crop Science

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 795-810

  Burns, J C ^a   Fisher, D S ^b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; CYNODON (ANGIOSPERM); CYNODON DACTYLON; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 34247247769     PISSN: 0011183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2135/cropsci06.04.0253     Document Type: Article

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