An evaluation of the performance and efficiency of nitrogen utilization in cattle fed tropical grass pastures with supplementation

Livestock Science

Volumn 162, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 141-153

  Detmann, Edenio ^a   Valente, Ériton E L ^a   Batista, Erick D ^a   Huhtanen, Pekka ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF VIÇOSA   (Brazil)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Mixed models; Nitrogen balance; Nitrogen status; Nitrogen supplementation; Tropical forage

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897688830     PISSN: 18711413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.livsci.2014.01.029     Document Type: Article

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