Spatial Allocation of Forages and Its Impact on Grazing Behavior, Diet Selection and Dry Matter Intake of Beef Steers
Previous research on grazing behavior has shown that ruminants will select a mixed diet. The use of adjacent monocultures is an essential tool for determining dietary preference of forages. Much of the work to date has been conducted with white clover (Trifolium repens L.) and perennial ryegrass (Lo...
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Virginia Tech
2014
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10919/37379 http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-02182009-115657/ |