Mixed herb and legume pasture improves the growth of lambs post-weaning

Animal Production Science

Volumn 51, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 717-723

  Golding, K P ^a   Wilson, E D ^a   Kemp, P D ^a   Pain, S J ^a   Kenyon, P R ^a   Morris, S T ^a   Hutton, P G ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

chicory; Cichorium intybus; liveweight gain; Plantago lanceolata; plantain

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GRASS; GROWTH RATE; LEGUME; LIVESTOCK FARMING; MEAT; MIXED FARMING; PASTURE; SHEEP; WEANING; WEIGHT; YOUNG POPULATION;

CICHORIUM INTYBUS; LOLIUM; LOLIUM PERENNE; OVIS ARIES; PLANTAGO; PLANTAGO LANCEOLATA; TRIFOLIUM PRATENSE; TRIFOLIUM REPENS;

EID: 80051777133     PISSN: 18360939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/AN11027     Document Type: Article

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