Soil Ingestion by Cattle Grazing Crested Wheatgrass
Citation
Mayland, H. F., Shewmaker, G. E., & Bull, R. C. (1977). Soil ingestion by cattle grazing crested wheatgrass. Journal of Range Management, 30(4), 264-265.Publisher
Society for Range ManagementJournal
Journal of Range ManagementDOI
10.2307/3897301Additional Links
https://rangelands.org/Abstract
Soil ingestion rates were determined using four 350-kg esophageal fistulated heifers. Soil concentrations in feces, as determined indirectly by titanium analysis, averaged 14 and 20% in June and August, respectively. Calculated soil ingestion rates were 0.73 and 0.99 kg/animal-day for the two respective periods.Type
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