Effects of fescue type and sampling date on the ruminal disappearance!Kinetics of autumn-stockpiled tall fescue

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 90, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 2883-2896

  Flores, R ^a   Coblentz, W K ^b   Ogden, R K ^a   Coffey, K P ^a   Looper, M L ^c   West, C P ^a   Rosenkrans Jr , C F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c DALE BUMPERS SMALL FARMS RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Disappearance kinetics; Grazing; Replacement heifer; Tall fescue

Indexed keywords

FESTUCA ARUNDINACEA; NEOTYPHODIUM COENOPHIALUM;

ERGOT ALKALOID;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CATTLE; CLASSIFICATION; DAIRYING; DIETARY FIBER; DIGESTION; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; KINETICS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PHYSIOLOGY; POACEAE; RANDOMIZATION; RUMINANT STOMACH; SEASON; TIME;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; CATTLE; DAIRYING; DIETARY FIBER; DIGESTION; ERGOT ALKALOIDS; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; KINETICS; NUTRITIVE VALUE; POACEAE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RUMEN; SEASONS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34547663833     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2006-726     Document Type: Article

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