Orchardgrass ley for improved manure management in wisconsin: II. Nutritive value and voluntary intake by dairy heifers

Agronomy Journal

Volumn 103, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1106-1114

  Hedtcke, Janet ^a   Posner, Joshua ^a   Coblentz, Wayne ^b   Hall, John ^c   Walgenbach, Richard ^d   Davidson, Jill ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b USDA ARS Dairy Forage Research Center   (United States)

^c Michael Fields Agricultural Institute   (United States)

^d USDA ARS Dairy Forage Research Center   (United States)

^e Land O'Lakes Purina Feed LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOS; BOS TAURUS; DACTYLIS; DACTYLIS GLOMERATA; MEDICAGO SATIVA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 79960670117     PISSN: 00021962     EISSN: 14350645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/agronj2011.0054     Document Type: Article

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