Effect of Herbage Per Unit Area and Herbage Allowance on Dry
Matter Intake by Steers
T.F. Reardon
Ruakura Animal Research Station, Hamilton
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Proceedings of the New Zealand Society of Animal Production. 1977, 37: 58-61
Steers aged 16 months with an initial mean weight of 323 kg were
offered areas of pasture with yields above ground level of 2000, 3000 or
4000 kg DM/ha (X2, to provide daily herbage allowances of 10,
15, 22.5 or 33.8 kg pasture DM/head (X1).
Dry matter intake (Y kg) was related to yield and allowance by the
equation Y = 0.0945 X1 - 0.000542 X2 + 7.03.
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