Alternative fall and winter feeding systems for spring calving beef cows

Canadian Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 511-522

  McCartney, D ^a   Basarab, J A ^b   Okine, E K ^b,c   Baron, V S ^a   Depalme, A J ^a  

^a LACOMBE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

^b ALBERTA AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alternate day; Beef cows; Early and late weaning; Swath grazing; Western Canadian Parkland

Indexed keywords

HORDEUM; HORDEUM VULGARE; HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE;

EID: 9944245664     PISSN: 00083984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4141/A03-069     Document Type: Article

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