Diet quality and liveweight gain of steers grazing Leucaena-grass pasture estimated with faecal near infrared reflectance spectroscopy (F.NIRS)

Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 835-842

  Dixon, R M ^a   Coates, D B ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; CATTLE; DIET; ESTIMATION METHOD; FECES; FOOD QUALITY; FORAGE; GRASS; GRAZING; GROWTH RESPONSE; NEAR INFRARED; NUTRITION; PASTURE; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; WEIGHT;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; BURNETT; QUEENSLAND;

BOS; BOS INDICUS; LEUCAENA; LEUCAENA LEUCOCEPHALA; PANICUM MAXIMUM;

EID: 45849121321     PISSN: 08161089     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/EA08007     Document Type: Conference Paper

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