Effect of rumen fill on intake of fresh perennial ryegrass in young and mature dairy cows grazing or zero-grazing fresh perennial ryegrass

Animal

Volumn 3, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1706-1720

  Boudon, A ^a,b   Peyraud, J L ^a,b   Faverdin, P ^a,b   Delagarde, R ^a,b   Delaby, L ^a,b   Chaves, A V ^a,b,c  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b AGROCAMPUS OUEST   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dairy cows; Grazing; Ingestion; Rumen fill; Zero grazing

Indexed keywords

BOS; LOLIUM PERENNE;

EID: 70450280668     PISSN: 17517311     EISSN: 1751732X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1751731109990486     Document Type: Article

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