Beef heifer production as affected by indoor feed intensity and slaughter age when grazing semi-natural grasslands in summer

Livestock Science

Volumn 111, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 124-135

  Hessle, A ^a   Nadeau, E ^a   Johnsson, S ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Beef heifers; Feed intensity; Semi natural grasslands; Slaughter age

Indexed keywords

BOS; TRIFOLIUM;

EID: 34548668470     PISSN: 18711413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.livsci.2006.12.014     Document Type: Article

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