Season-Long vs Intensive-Early Stocking with Growing Cattle Grazing Bermudagrass Pasture

Professional Animal Scientist

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 27-32

  Gunter, S A ^a   Phillips, J M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^b Soil and Environmental Science ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Beef cattle; Grazing systems; Intensive early stocking; Supplementation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84882591463     PISSN: 10807446     EISSN: 1525318X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15232/S1080-7446(15)31564-3     Document Type: Article

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