Feeding strategies for small-scale dairy systems based on perennial (Lolium perenne) or annual (Lolium multiflorum) ryegrass in the central highlands of Mexico

Tropical Animal Health and Production

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 179-188

  Heredia Nava, D ^a   Espinoza Ortega, A ^a   Gonzalez Esquivel C E ^a   Arriaga Jordan C M ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DEL ESTADO DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Grazing; Highlands; Mexico; Perennial annual ryegrass; Small scale dairy farming; White clover

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DAIRYING; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LOLIUM; METHODOLOGY; MEXICO; MILK; RURAL POPULATION; SECRETION;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CATTLE; DAIRYING; FEMALE; LOLIUM; MEXICO; MILK; RURAL POPULATION;

BOS; LOLIUM; LOLIUM MULTIFLORUM; LOLIUM PERENNE; TRIFOLIUM REPENS;

EID: 34248339603     PISSN: 00494747     EISSN: 15737438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11250-007-9003-7     Document Type: Article

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