Herbage intake and animal performance of cattle grazing dwarf elaphant grass with two access times to a forage peanut area

Relatively short grazing periods in a pure legume pasture can be an alternative for increasing animal performance in medium-quality tropical pastures. Thus, the aim was to evaluate the herbage intake and animal performance of steers grazing dwarf elephant grass (Pennisetum purpureum Schum. cv. BRS K...

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Main Authors: Diego Melo de Liz, Henrique Mendonça Nunes Ribeiro Filho, Ederson Americo de Andrade, Camila Zardo de Nardi, Marcolino Frederico Miguel, Edison Xavier Almeida
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal de Lavras 2014-12-01
Series:Ciência e Agrotecnologia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-70542014000600010&lng=en&tlng=en