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Title: RUMINANT PREFERENCE AND DAILY RESPONSE WHEN FED PM VS AM FORAGES.

Author
item Burns, Joseph
item Mayland, Henry
item Fisher, Dwight

Submitted to: Agronomy Abstracts
Publication Type: Abstract Only
Publication Acceptance Date: 8/17/2002
Publication Date: 11/18/2002
Citation: Burns, J.C., Mayland, H.F., Fisher, D.S. 2002. Ruminant preference and daily response when fed pm vs am forages.. Agronomy Abstracts.

Interpretive Summary:

Technical Abstract: Plants accumulate photosynthate during the daylight hours to be subsequently used for their growth, reproduction and basic respiration. Sugar accumulation in forage plants could improve the nutritive value of the forage when grazed or harvested and stored as feed. This should also improved forage quality. A forage management strategy that takes advantage of this concept will be presented and discussed relative to animal preference, dry matter intake and digestion and daily animal performance.