Effects of shearing at housing, grass silage feed value and extended grazing herbage allowance on ewe and subsequent lamb performance

Animal

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 143-151

  Keady, T W J ^a   Hanrahan, J P ^a  

^a TEAGASC   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Extended grazing; Grass silage; Lamb growth; Shearing; Sheep

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 57649129050     PISSN: 17517311     EISSN: 1751732X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1751731108003303     Document Type: Article

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