FORAGE YIELD, QUALITY AND UTILIZATION EFFICIENCY ON NATIVE PASTURES UNDER DIFFERENT STOCKING RATES AND SEASONS OF THE YEAR IN THE MEXICAN HUMID TROPIC

FORAGE YIELD, QUALITY AND UTILIZATION EFFICIENCY ON NATIVE PASTURES UNDER DIFFERENT STOCKING RATES AND SEASONS OF THE YEAR IN THE MEXICAN HUMID TROPIC

This study aimed to evaluate the effect of season of the year (SY) and stocking rate (SR) on forage yield, utilization efficiency, development of plant components, crude protein (CP), cell wall content (CWC), ruminal degradation of dry matter (DM), acid detergent fiber (ADF) and neutral detergent fi...

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Main Authors: Jesús Jarillo-Rodríguez, Epigmenio Castillo-Gallegos, Abel F. Flores-Garrido, Braulio Valles-de la Mora, Luis Ramírez y Avilés, Ramiro Escobar-Hernández, Eliazar Ocaña-Zavaleta
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán 2011-11-01
Series:Tropical and Subtropical Agroecosystems
Subjects:
forage yield and quality
humid tropics
native grasses
rumen degradation
Online Access:http://www.revista.ccba.uady.mx/ojs/index.php/TSA/article/view/1379

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