The Effects of a Morning Fasting on the Evening Grazing Behavior and Performance of Strip-Grazed Beef Heifers

Professional Animal Scientist

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 642-648

  Gregorini, P ^a,b   Eirin, M ^b   Wade, M H ^c   Refi, R ^b   Ursino, M ^b   Ansin, O E ^b   Masino, C ^b   Agnelli, L ^b   Wakita, K ^b   Gunter, S A ^d  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PLATA   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL CENTRO DE LA PROVINCIA DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Cattle; Fasting and herbage allocation; Grazing behavior; Performance; Strip grazing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84922537937     PISSN: 10807446     EISSN: 1525318X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15232/S1080-7446(15)31035-4     Document Type: Article

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