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The growth of lambs grazing on perennial ryegrass, tall fescue and cocksfoot, with and without white clover, as related to the botanical and chemical composition of the pasture and pattern of fermentation in the rumen

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 March 2009

R. C. Grimes ,
B. R. Watkin  and
J. R. Gallagher
J. R. Gallagher
Affiliation:
Department of Agronomy, University of New England, Armidale, N.S.W.
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1. An experiment was conducted in which lambs grazed on pastures of cocksfoot, ryegrass and tall fescue grown with and without white clover, as well as on pastures of pure white clover.

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Research Article
Information
The Journal of Agricultural Science , Volume 68 , Issue 1 , February 1967 , pp. 11 - 21
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1967

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