Cow and calf performance on Coastal or Tifton 85 Bermudagrass pastures with aeschynomene creep-grazing paddocks

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 85, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 2762-2771

  Corriher, V A ^a   Hill, G M ^a   Andrae, J G ^b   Froetschel, M A ^a   Mullinix Jr , B G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aeschynomene; Bermudagrass; Calf gain; Creep grazing; Milk

Indexed keywords

MILK PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; CYNODON; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LEGUME; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MILK; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; POACEAE; RANDOMIZATION; SEASON; SECRETION; WEANING; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BREEDING; CATTLE; CYNODON; FABACEAE; FEMALE; MALE; MILK; MILK PROTEINS; POACEAE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SEASONS; WEANING; WEIGHT GAIN;

BOS; CYNODON (ANGIOSPERM);

EID: 35348991238     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/jas.2007-0015     Document Type: Article

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