Case study: Average daily gain and blood fatty acid composition of cattle grazing the nonbloating legumes birdsfoot trefoil and cicer milkvetch in the Mountain West

Professional Animal Scientist

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 574-583

  MacAdam, J W ^a   Ward, R E ^b   Griggs, T C ^c   Min, B R ^d   Aiken, G E ^e  

^a Soils and Climate ^*  (United States)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d TUSKEGEE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

Average daily gain; Birdsfoot trefoil; Cattle; Cicer milkvetch; Legume pasture

Indexed keywords

EID: 84902833474     PISSN: 10807446     EISSN: 1525318X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15232/S1080-7446(15)30542-8     Document Type: Article

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