Direct and carryover effect of post-grazing sward height on total lactation dairy cow performance
Grazing pastures to low post-grazing sward heights (PGSH) is a strategy to maximise the quantity of grazed grass in the diet of dairy cows within temperate grass-based systems. Within Irish spring-calving systems, it was hypothesised that grazing swards to very low PGSH would increase herbage availa...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2013-01-01
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Series: | Animal |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1751731113000451 |