Botanical composition and nutritive value of cattle diets on southern pine range

H.A. Pearson; H.E. Grelen; E.A. Epps; M.K. Johnson; B.W. Blakewood

doi:10.2737/SO-RP-178

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Botanical composition and nutritive value of cattle diets on southern pine range

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Authors:

H.A. Pearson, H.E. Grelen, E.A. Epps, M.K. Johnson, B.W. Blakewood

Year:

1982

Type:

Research Paper

Station:

Southern Research Station

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.2737/SO-RP-178

Source:

Res. Pap. SO-178,24 p. South. For. Exp. Stn., New Orleans, La.

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Abstract

The botanical composition of the cattle diet and the nutritive value of about 50 herbaceous and woody diet components are sampled and reparted for the longleaf pine-bluestem range in Louisiana. Digestibility is also related to the diet.

Citation

Pearson, H.A.; Grelen, H.E.; Epps, E.A.; Johnson, M.K.; Blakewood, B.W. 1982. Botanical composition and nutritive value of cattle diets on southern pine range. Res. Pap. SO-178,24 p. South. For. Exp. Stn., New Orleans, La.