New insights into the nutritional value of grass

Utilisation of Grazed Grass in Temperate Animal Systems: Proceedings of a Satellite Workshop of the XXth International Grassland Congress, July 2005, Cork, Ireland

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 49-59

  Rearte, D H ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TECNOLOGÍA AGROPECUARIA INTA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Environment; Grazing; Pasture quality; Temperate pasture

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899293238     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.3920/978-90-8686-554-3     Document Type: Chapter

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