The effects of allowance and frequency of allocation of deferred herbage, and grass silage feed value, when offered to ewes in mid-gestation on ewe and lamb performance and subsequent herbage yield

Animal

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 879-890

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

^a Teagasc Research Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Deferred (extended) grazing; Frequency of allocation; Grass silage; Herbage allowance; Herbage regrowth

Indexed keywords

LOLIUM PERENNE;

EID: 68349131903     PISSN: 17517311     EISSN: 1751732X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1751731109004169     Document Type: Article

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