GROWTH, DIGESTIBILITY AND VOLUNTARY INTAKE BY YEARLING STEERS GRAZING TIMOTHY (Phleum pratense) OR MEADOW FOXTAIL (Alopecurus pratensis) PASTURES

Autor: L. M. Rode, W. L. Pringle
Rok vydání: 1986
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Zdroj: Canadian Journal of Animal Science. 66:463-472
ISSN: 1918-1825
0008-3984
DOI: 10.4141/cjas86-048
Popis: Two experiments were conducted to compare the performance of animals grazing meadow foxtail or timothy pastures. In the first experiment, yearling Hereford steers continuously grazed timothy or meadow foxtail pastures (two 2.0-ha pastures/treatment using a put-and-take grazing system for three consecutive years). Carrying capacity was 443 and 501 animal-days ha−1 for timothy and meadow foxtail, respectively (P−1 for steers grazing timothy and meadow foxtail, respectively (P −1 yr−1 than meadow foxtail pastures (P
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