Intake of Cattle Offered Normal and Lodged Tall Fescue Swards
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Intake estimation of horses grazing tall fescue (Lolium arundinaceum) or fed tall fescue hay.
Six mature geldings of light horse breeds (557 ± 37 kg) were randomly assigned to a nontoxic endophyte-infected tall fescue hay (n = 3) or pasture treatment (n = 3) in a crossover design with 14-d periods to estimate DMI with alkane markers and to compare DMI of hay and pasture. When fed pasture, horses were housed in stalls from 0700 to 1300 h daily with access to water and then grazed pasture...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Range Management
سال: 1999
ISSN: 0022-409X
DOI: 10.2307/4003779