Performance of growing cattle grazing stockpiled Jesup tall fescue with varying endophyte status

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1034-1041

  Drewnoski, M E ^a   Oliphant, E J ^a   Marshall, B T ^a   Poore, M H ^a   Green, J T ^a   Hockett, M E ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Endophyte status; Growing cattle; Stockpiling; Tall fescue

Indexed keywords

PROLACTIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BODY CONSTITUTION; CATTLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIET; EATING; FEMALE; FESCUE; FOOD CONTROL; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; NEOTYPHODIUM; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; SEASON; TEMPERATURE; TIME; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; BLOOD UREA NITROGEN; BODY CONSTITUTION; CATTLE; DIET; EATING; FEMALE; FESTUCA; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; MALE; NEOTYPHODIUM; PROLACTIN; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMALIA; BOS; FESTUCA ARUNDINACEA;

EID: 62249185253     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: 15253163     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/jas.2008-0977     Document Type: Article

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