The effect of stage of maturity on the biological availability of magnesuim from wheat and orchardgrass fed to sheep
Wheat, a tetany prone forage, and orchardgrass, a non-tetany prone forage, were cut at three stages of maturity to determine the magnesium availability in these forages for lambs. The forages were dried in forced air ovens and ground through a 2.5 cm screen. The nitrogen contents of the forages wer...
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Virginia Tech
2014
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10919/45552 http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-11092012-040100/ |