Impacts of grazing management options on pasture and animal productivity in a Heteropogon contortus (black speargrass) pasture in central Queensland. 4. Animal production

Animal Production Science

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 284-292

  Burrows, W H ^a   Orr, D M ^a   Hendricksen, R E ^a   Rutherford, M T ^a   Myles, D J ^a   Back, P V ^a   Gowen, R ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND INNOVATION   (Australia)

Author keywords

Burning; Economic evaluation; Legume oversowing; Steer age effects; Steer liveweight gain; Stocking rate

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; ARTIFICIAL DIET; BIOMASS BURNING; BODY MASS; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; FOOD SUPPLEMENTATION; GRAZING MANAGEMENT; LEGUME; PASTURE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STOCKING DENSITY; TUSSOCK GRASSLAND;

ANIMALIA; BOS; HETEROPOGON CONTORTUS; PIPTOCHAETIUM;

EID: 77949357813     PISSN: 18360939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/AN09145     Document Type: Article

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