Title | Intake and digestability of range forage by Hereford and Santa Gertrudis cows |
Publication Type | Thesis |
Year of Publication | 1968 |
Authors | Hills JMyron |
Number of Pages | 61 |
Date Published | 1968 |
University | New Mexico State University |
City | Las Cruces, New Mexico |
Thesis Type | M.S. Thesispp |
Call Number | 00528 |
Keywords | cattle, food habits, cattle, nutrition, dissertation, dissertations, food habits, cattle, range forage, theses, thesis |
Abstract | Intake and digestibility of range forage in three different months by Hereford and Santa Gertrudis cows were estimated using chromic oxide in shredded paper administered every other day as an external indicator for the determination of fecal output and lignin as an internal indicator for estimating forage digestibility. |