BOTANICAL COMPOSITION AND IN VITRO NUTRITIONAL EVALUATION OF KIKUYU GRASS COMPARED WITH TEMPERATE PASTURES
Background: Intensive continuous grazing of temperate grass and legume pastures has been a feeding strategy adopted in small-scale dairy systems (SSDS) in the highlands of central Mexico that reduces costs and increases profitability of farms. However, temperate grasses have low persistency due to a...
Main Authors: | Dalia Andrea Plata-Reyes, Julieta Gertrudis Estrada-Flores, Felipe López-González, Carlos Manuel Arriga-Jordan |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán
2021-08-01
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Series: | Tropical and Subtropical Agroecosystems |
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Online Access: | https://www.revista.ccba.uady.mx/ojs/index.php/TSA/article/view/3483 |
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