Intake and diet preference of dairy heifers grazing mixed or alternating rows of birdsfoot trefoil and cool‐season grasses

Intake and diet preference of dairy heifers grazing mixed or alternating rows of birdsfoot trefoil and cool‐season grasses

Abstract Background Mixtures with birdsfoot trefoil (BFT) increase herbage intake in grazing cattle. We hypothesized that BFT spatially separated from grasses would increase preferential grazing of BFT and herbage intake compared to grass and BFT in mixed rows. Methods Binary mixtures of BFT were es...

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Main Authors: Michael D. Peel, Blair L. Waldron, Jacob T. Briscoe, Marcus F. Rose, S. Clay Isom, Kara J. Thornton, Jacob A. Hadfield, Kerry A. Rood, J. Earl Creech
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2024-09-01
Series:Grassland Research
Subjects:
cattle
diet selection
dry‐matter intake
legume
orchardgrass
perennial ryegrass
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/glr2.12094
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