Grazing lucerne as fattening management for young bulls: Technical and economic performance and diet authentication

Animal

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 113-122

  Blanco, M ^a   Joy, M ^a   Ripoll, G ^a   Sauerwein, H ^b   Casasus I ^a  

^a Agrifood Institute of Aragón IA2   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

concentrates; diet authentication; grazing lucerne; hormones; young bulls

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; HORDEUM; MEDICAGO SATIVA;

EID: 78650546261     PISSN: 17517311     EISSN: 1751732X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1751731110001461     Document Type: Article

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