Importance of grass-legume choices on cattle grazing behavior, performance, and meat characteristics

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 92, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 2309-2324

  Maughan, B ^a   Provenza, F D ^a   Tansawat, R ^a   Maughan, C ^a   Martini, S ^a   Ward, R ^a   Clemensen, A ^a   Song, X ^a   Cornforth, D ^a   Villalba, J J ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alfalfa; Cattle; Diet selection; Grazing; Sainfoin; Tall fescue

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; BOVINAE; CLASSIFICATION; DIET; FABACEAE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; LOLIUM; MEAT; PHYSIOLOGY; STANDARDS; VETERINARY;

ANALYSIS; ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CLASSIFICATION; DIET; FABACEAE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; LOLIUM; MEAT; PHYSIOLOGY; STANDARDS; VETERINARY;

EID: 84899921973     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: 15253163     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/jas.2013-7297     Document Type: Article

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