Seasonal changes in pasture quality and diet selection and their relationship with liveweight gain of steers grazing tropical grass and grasslegume pastures in northern Australia

Animal Production Science

Volumn 49, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 983-993

  Hill, J O ^a   Coates, D B ^a   Whitbread, A M ^a   Clem, R L ^b   Robertson, M J ^a   Pengelly, B C ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Faecal near infrared reflectance spectroscopy; Pasture production.

Indexed keywords

CATTLE; DIET; FOOD SELECTION; GRASS; GRAZING; LEGUME; LIVESTOCK FARMING; PASTURE; SEASONAL VARIATION;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

ANIMALIA; BOS; BOTHRIOCHLOA INSCULPTA; CLITORIA; DICHANTHIUM SERICEUM; PANICUM MAXIMUM; STYLOSANTHES;

EID: 70350335622     PISSN: 18360939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/EA06331     Document Type: Article

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